Where does “cuplaj” come from?

cuplaj (Romanian) comes from French couplage, from French coupler, from Latin cōpulāre, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.

cuplaj (Romanian): coupling

Definitions

  1. coupling

Ancestry of “cuplaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcouplagecoupling
2Frenchcouplerto couple
3Latincōpulāre
4Latincōpulaa bond, tie, band or other connecting item
5Latincoapula
6Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
7Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
8LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
9Ancient GreekἌπις
10Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
11Egyptianḥpthe god Apis
Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις
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