myEtymology.com: English etymology of copperplate

Etymology of the English word copperplate

the English word copperplate

derived from the English word copper

derived from the English word coper

using the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)

derived from the Late Latin word cuprum

derived from the Latin word Cyprium aes

derived from the Latin word Cyprius (Cypiran, inhabitant of Cyprus; Cyprian, of, belonging to Cyprus)

derived from the Greek word kuprios

derived from the Latin word Cyprium

derived from the English word cope

derived from the English word copen

derived from the Old French word couper

derived from the French word coup

derived from the Old French word colp

derived from the Latin word colpus

derived 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 Greek word kolophos

derived from the Latin root *colpare

derived from the Latin word colpus

derived 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 Greek word kolophos

derived from the English word plate

derived from the Old French word plate

derived from the Old French word plat

derived from the Vulgar Latin word plattus

derived from the Greek word platus, πλατύς (flat; spread out 'flat' ('plot'); broad)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plat-