Where does “semicopula” come from?
semicopula (English) comes from English copula, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ — the god Apis.
semicopula (English): A word having a similar function to a copula,...
Definitions
- A word having a similar function to a copula,...
Ancestry of “semicopula”, step by step
semicopula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English copula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copula | A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject... |
| 2 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 3 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 4 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |