Where does “copete” come from?
copete (Spanish) comes from Spanish copo, from Spanish copar, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
copete (Spanish): pompadour; tuft, forelock; crest
Definitions
- pompadour; tuft, forelock; crest
Ancestry of “copete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | copo | flake |
| 2 | Spanish | copar | to make a clean sweep; to get; take |
| 3 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 4 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |