Where does “coper” come from?

coper (Middle English) comes from Old English coper, from Classical Latin cuprum, from Latin aes Cyprium, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

coper (Middle English): copper; bronze

Definitions

  1. copper; bronze

Ancestry of “coper”, step by step

coper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English coper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcoper—
2Classical Latincuprum—
3Latinaes Cyprium—
4Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Late Latin cuprum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincuprumcopper
2Latincȳprium—

Words derived from “coper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύπρος →