Where does “pseudocopulation” come from?
pseudocopulation (English) comes from English copulation, from Middle French copulation, from Latin cōpulō, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.
pseudocopulation (English): Any of various processes, amongst diverse...
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- Any of various processes, amongst diverse...
Ancestry of “pseudocopulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copulation | The act of coupling or joining; union;... |
| 2 | Middle French | copulation | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōpulō | to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple |
| 4 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 5 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 6 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |