Where does “coupling” come from?
coupling (Middle English) comes from Middle English couplyng, from Middle English couplen, from Old French coupler, from Latin cōpulō, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium — the god Apis.
coupling (Middle English): Alternative form of couplyng
Definitions
- Alternative form of couplyng
Ancestry of “coupling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | couplyng | The formation of a romantic bond or a marriage;... |
| 2 | Middle English | couplen | To marry or wed; to join in a matrimonial union;... |
| 3 | Old French | coupler | — |
| 4 | Latin | cōpulō | to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple |
| 5 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 6 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 7 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |