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Where does “accouplable” come from?

accouplable (French) comes from French accoupler, from French coupler, from Latin cōpulāre, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis.

accouplable (French): matchable, connectable; That will mate

Definitions

  1. matchable, connectable; That will mate

Ancestry of “accouplable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccouplerto pair up, go together, get into a couple; to...
2Frenchcouplerto couple
3Latincōpulāre—
4Latincōpula—
5Latincoapula—
6Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
7Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
8LatinApis—
9Ancient GreekἌπις—
10Copticϩⲁⲡⲉ—
11Egyptianḥp—
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