Where does “telecopier” come from?
telecopier (English) comes from English copier, from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
telecopier (English): A fax machine
Ancestry of “telecopier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | copier | A machine that copies graphical material; a... |
| 2 | English | copy | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of... |
| 3 | Middle English | copy | — |
| 4 | Old French | copie | abundance, plenty; transcript, copy |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | copia | reproduction, transcript; copy; supply |
| 6 | Latin | cōpia | — |
| 7 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |