Where does “copula” come from?
copula (French) comes from French copuler, from Latin cōpulō, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις.
copula (French): third-person singular past historic of copuler
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of copuler
Ancestry of “copula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | copuler | to copulate |
| 2 | Latin | cōpulō | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 4 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 5 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 7 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 9 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |