coppern

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcuprīnus
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kopr
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kupprīn
4. Old English · inherited fromcypren“made of copper”
5. Middle English · inherited fromcopren
6. English todaycoppern

Inherited from Middle English copren, from Old English cypren (“made of copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kupprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr + *-īn, and/or from Latin cuprīnus, cyprīnus (“made of copper”). By surface analysis, copper + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Dutch koperen (“made of copper”), German kupfern (“made of copper”).

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