Where does “couple” come from?
couple (Middle English) comes from Old French couple, from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις.
couple (Middle English): A couple; two people joined by a marital union or...
Definitions
- A couple; two people joined by a marital union or...
Ancestry of “couple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | couple | couple; sexual liaison |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | copla | — |
| 3 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 4 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 5 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 7 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 9 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |
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