Where does “copulation” come from?
copulation (Middle French) comes from Latin cōpulō, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ.
Ancestry of “copulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | cōpulō | — |
| 2 | Latin | cōpula | — |
| 3 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 4 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |
Words derived from “copulation”