Where does “cupă” come from?
cupă (Romanian) comes from French coupé, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
cupă (Romanian): goblet (usually of wood), bowl, dish
Definitions
- goblet (usually of wood), bowl, dish
Ancestry of “cupă”, step by step
cupă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French coupé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coupé | Divided into two equal parts horizontally, per... |
| 2 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 3 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Greek κούπα
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | κούπα | mug, large cup; trophy cup; hearts |
| 2 | Byzantine Greek | κοῦπα | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κοῦπα | barrel |
| 4 | Late Latin | cuppa | drinking vessel; barrel, cask; axle |
| 5 | Latin | cūpa | tub, cask, tun, vat |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κώπη | a handle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kóh₂p-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Hungarian kupa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kupa | cup, goblet, tankard; cup, trophy |