Where does “couponless” come from?
couponless (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.
couponless (English): Without a coupon or coupons
Definitions
- Without a coupon or coupons
Ancestry of “couponless”, step by step
couponless 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 |