Where does “copulability” come from?
copulability (English) comes from English copulable, from English copulate, from Latin copulatus, from Latin cōpulō, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium.
copulability (English): The quality of being sexually receptive
Definitions
- The quality of being sexually receptive
Ancestry of “copulability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | copulable | Able to be sexually penetrated |
| 2 | English | copulate | To engage in sexual intercourse; Joined;... |
| 3 | Latin | copulatus | united, joined, coupled; connected |
| 4 | Latin | cōpulō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 6 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 7 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |