Where does “copperiness” come from?
copperiness (English) comes from English coppery, from English copper, from English cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...
copperiness (English): The quality of being coppery, or resembling...
Definitions
- The quality of being coppery, or resembling...
Ancestry of “copperiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | coppery | Resembling the metal copper, especially in color |
| 2 | English | copper | A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic... |
| 3 | English | cop | A spider; To obtain, to purchase , to get hold... |
| 4 | Middle English | cop | summit; top, tip, topmost part; top of the head,... |
| 5 | Old English | cop | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *kopp | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kuppaz | round object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gup- | round object, knoll |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gew- | to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;... |