Where does “coupleress” come from?
coupleress (English) comes from English coupler, from English couple, from Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio — the god Apis.
coupleress (English): A female pimp; a procuress
Definitions
- A female pimp; a procuress
Ancestry of “coupleress”, step by step
coupleress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coupler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coupler | Someone who couples things together, especially... |
| 2 | English | couple | Two partners in a romantic or sexual... |
| 3 | Middle English | couple | A couple; two people joined by a marital union or... |
| 4 | Old French | couple | couple; sexual liaison |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | copla | — |
| 6 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 7 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 8 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 9 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 10 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |