Etymology of the English word copyright
the English word
copyrightderived from 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-derived from the English word
rightusing the Proto-Indo-European prefix
reg- (to move in a straight line)
Derivations in other languages
French
copyright, Italian
copyright, Portuguese
copirraiteUsage
Word found in Modern English
