Where does “coppin” come from?
coppin (English) comes from Old French compain, from Latin compāniō, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coppin (English): A cop of thread
Definitions
- A cop of thread
Ancestry of “coppin”, step by step
coppin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French compain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | compain | Alternative form of compaing; friend; companion |
| 2 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 3 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 4 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Jacob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jacob | A breed of multihorned sheep |
| 2 | Middle English | Iacob | Jacob biblical figure |
| 3 | Latin | Iacobus | Jacob; James; Saint James |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἰάκωβος | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰακώβ | Jacob |
| 6 | Hebrew | יַעֲקֹב | Jacob |
| 7 | Hebrew | עָקֵב | heel of the foot; heel |
via Irish Mac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | Mac | used in surnames |
| 2 | Irish | giolla | youth; page, boy; gillie, attendant; manservant,... |
| 3 | Middle Irish | gilla | youth; male child, boy; messenger, page, servant |
| 4 | Old Norse | gildr | stout, brawny, of full worth; brawny, stout; of... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gildiz | valuable, wholesome, precious |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰeldʰ- | to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay |