coppice

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόλαφος“a blow, slap”
2. Latin · derived fromcolaphus“a cuff, box on the ear”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*colpaticium“having the quality of being cut”
4. Old French · derived fromcopeiz“a cut-over forest”
5. Middle English · inherited fromcopies
6. English todaycoppice

From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”). Compare typologically Russian колок (kolok) (akin коло́ть (kolótʹ)).

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