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 — the god Apis.

copulability (English): The quality of being sexually receptive

Definitions

  1. The quality of being sexually receptive

Ancestry of “copulability”, step by step

copulability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English copulable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcopulableAble to be sexually penetrated
2EnglishcopulateTo engage in sexual intercourse; Joined;...
3Latincopulatusunited, joined, coupled; connected
4Latincōpulōto bind or tie together, unite, join, couple
5Latincōpulaa bond, tie, band or other connecting item
6Latincoapula
7Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
8Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
9LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
10Ancient GreekἌπις
11Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
12Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Egyptian ḥp