Etymology of the English word copperhead
the English word
copperheadderived from the English word
headderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khaubuthanderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaput- (head)
derived from the English word
copperderived from the English word
coperusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the Late Latin word
cuprumderived from the Latin word
Cyprium aesderived from the Latin word
Cyprius (Cypiran, inhabitant of Cyprus; Cyprian, of, belonging to Cyprus)
derived from the Greek word
kupriosderived from the Latin word
Cypriumderived from the English word
copederived from the English word
copenderived from the Old French word
couperderived from the French word
coupderived from the Old French word
colpderived from the Latin word
colpusderived from the Classical Latin word
colaphus (blow with fist; buffet, cuff)
derived from the Greek word
kolaphos, κόλαφος
derived from the Greek word
kolpos, κόλπος (the bosom; by analogy, a bay)
derived from the Latin root
*colparederived from the Latin word
colpusderived from the Classical Latin word
colaphus (blow with fist; buffet, cuff)
derived from the Greek word
kolaphos, κόλαφος
derived from the Greek word
kolpos, κόλπος (the bosom; by analogy, a bay)
Derivations in English
copperheadismUsage
Word found in Modern English
