Where does “copsewood” come from?
copsewood (English) comes from English copse, from English coppice, from Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz, from Vulgar Latin colpaticium, from Latin colpāre, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος — to turn.
copsewood (English): brushwood; coppice
Definitions
- brushwood; coppice
Ancestry of “copsewood”, step by step
copsewood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English copse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copse | A thicket of small trees or shrubs; To trim or... |
| 2 | English | coppice | A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood;... |
| 3 | Middle English | copies | — |
| 4 | Old French | copeiz | a cut-over woods |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | colpaticium | having the quality of being cut |
| 6 | Latin | colpāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |