Where does “coupon” come from?
Coupon comes from French coupon, from Latin colpus meaning blow or stroke, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to strike or cut.
coupon (English): A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be...
Definitions
- A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be...
Ancestry of “coupon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coupon | coupon; An oddment or offcut, a short rest of... |
| 2 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 3 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |