Where does “copt” come from?
copt (Romanian) comes from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
copt (Romanian): baked; ripe; past participle of coace
Definitions
- baked; ripe; past participle of coace
Ancestry of “copt”, step by step
copt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin cōctus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cōctus | cooked, having been cooked |
| 2 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 3 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via French Copte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Copte | Copt (Egyptian Christian person) |
| 2 | Egyptian Arabic | قُفْط | Copts |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 5 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 6 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 8 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |