Where does “copy song” come from?

copy song (English) comes from Burmese ကော်ပီသီချင်း, from Burmese ကော်ပီ, from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia — resin.

copy song (English): A song written to the tune of another existing song

Definitions

  1. A song written to the tune of another existing song

Ancestry of “copy song”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကော်ပီသီချင်းcopy song, a song written to the tune of another existing song
2Burmeseကော်ပီcopy
3EnglishcopyThe result of copying; an identical duplicate of...
4Middle Englishcopy
5Old Frenchcopieabundance, plenty; transcript, copy
6Medieval Latincopiareproduction, transcript; copy; supply
7Latincōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches
8Latincoopia
9Latinco-allomorph of con-
10Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
11Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
12Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
13Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
18Old High Germankuti
19Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
20Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu