couper

French

verb
Definitions
  • to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever
  • to cut off, to keep out
  • to dilute (with water)
  • (reflexive) to crack

Etymology

Inherited from Old French coper inherited from Latin colaphus (cuff, blow, box on the ear, a cuff, blow with the fist), *cuppāre, caput (head, etc, source).

Origin

Latin

caput

Gloss

head, etc, source

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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