Etymology of the English word copy
the English word
copyderived from the Old French word
copiederived from the Medieval Latin word
copia (copy; number, amount, quantity; plenty, abundance, supply)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*op-derived from the French word
copyderived from the Medieval Latin word
copia (copy; number, amount, quantity; plenty, abundance, supply)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*op-Date
The earliest known usage of copy in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
copier,
copybook,
copyboy,
copycutter,
copyfitting,
copygirl,
copyist,
copyright,
copywriter,
microcopy,
miscopy,
photocopy,
copycat,
copyreader,
copyhold,
phenocopy,
copied,
copyingCognates
Dutch
kopie, French
copie, French
copier, German
kopieren, German
Kopie, Italian
copiare, Lithuanian
kopijuoti, Norwegian
kopi, Polish
kopiować, Provençal
copia, Russian
копиpoвaть, Swedish
kopiaUsage
Word found in Modern English
