cope

cope · verb, noun, interjection¹

1. Old French · derived fromcoper, couper“to strike, to cut”
2. Middle English · inherited fromcoupen
3. English todaycope

From Middle English coupen, from Old French coper, couper (“to strike, to cut”). The noun use went mainstream around 2020.

cope · noun, verb²

1. Medieval Latin · derived fromcāpa“cape”
2. Middle English · inherited fromcope
3. English todaycope

From Middle English cope, from Medieval Latin cāpa (“cape”) Doublet of cap, cape, and chape.

cope · verb³

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromcopen
2. Middle English · inherited fromcopen
3. English todaycope

From Middle English copen, borrowed from Middle Dutch copen. Cognate with Dutch kopen, German kaufen.

cope · verb⁴

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