Where does “couplen” come from?
couplen (Middle English) comes from Old French coupler, from Latin cōpulō, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις — the god Apis.
couplen (Middle English): To marry or wed; to join in a matrimonial union;...
Definitions
- To marry or wed; to join in a matrimonial union;...
Ancestry of “couplen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | coupler | — |
| 2 | Latin | cōpulō | to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple |
| 3 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 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 | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 9 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |