Where does “copulation” come from?
Copulation comes from Middle French copulation, derived from Latin copulāre meaning to join together, from copula meaning bond or link.
copulation (English): The act of coupling or joining; union;...
Definitions
- The act of coupling or joining; union;...
Ancestry of “copulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | copulation | — |
| 2 | Latin | cōpulō | to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple |
| 3 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 4 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 5 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 7 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 9 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |