Where does “ケンカップル” come from?

ケンカップル (Japanese) comes from Japanese カップル, from English couple, from Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio — the god Apis.

ケンカップル (Japanese): couple that argues a lot

Definitions

  1. couple that argues a lot

Ancestry of “ケンカップル”, step by step

ケンカップル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese カップル

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカップルromantic couple
2EnglishcoupleTwo partners in a romantic or sexual...
3Middle EnglishcoupleA couple; two people joined by a marital union or...
4Old Frenchcouplecouple; sexual liaison
5Vulgar Latincopla
6Latincōpulaa bond, tie, band or other connecting item
7Latincoapula
8Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
9Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
10LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
11Ancient GreekἌπις
12Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
13Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via Japanese 喧嘩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese喧嘩a fight, a physical confrontation; a quarrel, a...
Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις