Where does “couple” come from?
couple (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin copla, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ.
couple (Old French): couple; sexual liaison
Ancestry of “couple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | copla | — |
| 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 “couple”