Where does “cobra” come from?
cobra (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cobra, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ.
cobra (Galician): snake; cobra; stanze
Ancestry of “cobra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | cobra | — |
| 2 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 3 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 4 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |