Where does “copyfraud” come from?

copyfraud (English) comes from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

copyfraud (English): False claims of copyright, such as a claim of...

Definitions

  1. False claims of copyright, such as a claim of...

Ancestry of “copyfraud”, step by step

copyfraud traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English copy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcopyThe result of copying; an identical duplicate of...
2Middle Englishcopy
3Old Frenchcopieabundance, plenty; transcript, copy
4Medieval Latincopiareproduction, transcript; copy; supply
5Latincōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches
6Latincoopia
7Latinco-allomorph of con-
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English fraud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfraudThe crime of stealing or otherwise illegally...
2Middle EnglishfraudeDeceptiveness, fraudulence; a tendency to be...
3Old Frenchfraudedeception, fraud
4LatinfrausA cheating, deceit, guile, fraud; A delusion,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-