Where does “cupros” come from?

cupros (Romanian) comes from Romanian cupru, from Latin cūprum, from Latin cȳprium, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cupros (Romanian): cuprous

Definitions

  1. cuprous

Ancestry of “cupros”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancuprucopper chemical element
2Latincūprumcopper (the metal)
3Latincȳprium—
4Ancient GreekΚύπροςCyprus
5Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →