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