myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of cupreus

Etymology of the Latin word cupreus

the Late Latin word cupreus (copper-. of copper)

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

English cupreous, Italian cupreo

Word found in Late Latin