Where does “کپی” come from?

کپی (Persian) comes from French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

کپی (Persian): ape, monkey; copy

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey; copy

Ancestry of “کپی”, step by step

کپی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French copie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcopiecopying; copy; inflection of copier: ##...
2Medieval Latincopiareproduction, transcript; copy; supply
3Latincōpiasupply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches
4Latincoopia
5Latinco-allomorph of con-
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Middle Persian kpyk'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiankpyk'monkey
2Sanskritकपिape, monkey; elephant; Indian gooseberry
3Sanskritस्थलchapter, section; Name of a son of बल; a heap of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-