myEtymology.com: English etymology of cofferdam

Etymology of the English word cofferdam

the English word cofferdam

derived from the English word coffer

derived from the Old French word coffre

derived from the Vulgar Latin word cophinus (basket, hamper)

derived from the Greek word kophinos, κόφινος (a (small) basket)

derived from the Old French word cofre

derived from the French root *cofne

derived from the Vulgar Latin word cophinus (basket, hamper)

derived from the Greek word kophinos, κόφινος (a (small) basket)

derived from the English word dam

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *dammaz

Italian cofferdam, Portuguese coferdame