Where does “cupellate” come from?
cupellate (English) comes from English cupel, from French coupelle, from French coupé, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
cupellate (English): to purify or assay a precious metal in a cupel
Definitions
- to purify or assay a precious metal in a cupel
Ancestry of “cupellate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cupel | A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold... |
| 2 | French | coupelle | small cup |
| 3 | French | coupé | Divided into two equal parts horizontally, per... |
| 4 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 5 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |