Where does “fótachóipeálaí” come from?

fótachóipeálaí (Irish) comes from Irish fótachóipeáil, from Irish fótachóip, from Irish cóip, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.

fótachóipeálaí (Irish): photocopier

Definitions

  1. photocopier

Ancestry of “fótachóipeálaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfótachóipeáilphotocopy; photocopying
2Irishfótachóipphotocopy
3Irishcóipcopy
4Medieval Latincopiareproduction, transcript; copy; supply
5Latincōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches
6Latincoopia—
7Latinco-allomorph of con-
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →