Where does “copycattery” come from?
copycattery (English) comes from English copycatter, from English copycat, from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
copycattery (English): plagiarization
Definitions
- plagiarization
Ancestry of “copycattery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copycatter | A copycat |
| 2 | English | copycat | One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work; A... |
| 3 | English | copy | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of... |
| 4 | Middle English | copy | — |
| 5 | Old French | copie | abundance, plenty; transcript, copy |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | copia | reproduction, transcript; copy; supply |
| 7 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 8 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |