coif

coif · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gew-“to bend, curve, arch, vault”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gup-“round object, knoll”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kuppō“vat, mug, cup”
4. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kuppijǭ“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”
5. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kuppju
6. Late Latin · derived fromcofia
7. Old French · derived fromcoife
8. Middle English · inherited fromcoif
9. English todaycoif

From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuppju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuppju, from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kuppō (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).

coif · verb²

1. Old French · derived fromcoifier
2. Middle English · inherited fromcoifen
3. English todaycoif

From Middle English coifen, from Old French coifier, from the noun (see above).

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