Where does “accoppiatura” come from?
accoppiatura (Italian) comes from Italian accoppiare, from Italian coppia, from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.
accoppiatura (Italian): lamination
Definitions
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Ancestry of “accoppiatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | accoppiare | to couple, connect; to mate |
| 2 | Italian | coppia | couple; pair |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | copla | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 5 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 6 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |