cúpula
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) cupola, dome dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome
- (figurative) leadership
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cupola (dome, cupola) derived from Latin cupula (little tub), cūpa (tub, cask, vat, tun).
Origin
Latin
cūpa
Gloss
tub, cask, vat, tun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cupola English
- cupa Latin
- cuppa Latin
- cupula Latin
- cūpa Latin
- cūpula Latin
- Kuppel German
- kupa Hungarian
- astrocupola Italian
- cupo Italian
- cupola Italian
- cupolone Italian
- pseudocupola Italian
- koepel Dutch, Flemish
- coupole French
- *keup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewp- Proto-Indo-European
- cúpula Portuguese
- kuppel Danish
- cuve Old French
- κούπα Greek (modern)
- cuba Old Portuguese
- kupola Slovak
- Chupple Alemannic German
- cūpella ML