Where does “kewpie” come from?

kewpie (English) comes from English Cupid, from French cupide, from Latin cupidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

kewpie (English): A kewpie doll

Definitions

  1. A kewpie doll

Ancestry of “kewpie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCupidThe god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros
2Frenchcupidegreedy
3Latincupiduseager, passionate; greedy; wanton, lecherous
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin cupidus →