Where does “couponer” come from?
couponer (English) comes from English coupon, from French coupon, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
couponer (English): One who uses money-saving coupons
Definitions
- One who uses money-saving coupons
Ancestry of “couponer”, step by step
couponer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coupon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coupon | A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be... |
| 2 | French | coupon | coupon; An oddment or offcut, a short rest of... |
| 3 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 4 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |