Where does “coupe-tube” come from?

coupe-tube (French) comes from French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

coupe-tube (French): pipe cutter, pipecutter

Definitions

  1. pipe cutter, pipecutter

Ancestry of “coupe-tube”, step by step

coupe-tube traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French tube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtubepipe; tube; a hit
2Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
3LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

via French [[couper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French[[couper—

via French coupe]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoupe]]—
Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from French tube →