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Where does “telecop” come from?

telecop (English) comes from English cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup-, from Proto-Indo-European gew- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...

telecop (English): A police officer as portrayed on television

Definitions

  1. A police officer as portrayed on television

Ancestry of “telecop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcopA spider; To obtain, to purchase , to get hold...
2Middle Englishcopsummit; top, tip, topmost part; top of the head,...
3Old Englishcop—
4Proto-West Germanic*kopp—
5Proto-Germanickuppazround object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangup-round object, knoll
7Proto-Indo-Europeangew-to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...
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