Where does “copsy” come from?
copsy (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.
copsy (English): Characterized by copses
Definitions
- Characterized by copses
Ancestry of “copsy”, step by step
copsy 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 Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |