Etymology

coppy

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Today it means: Like or resembling a cop (police officer). Full definition →

Middle English *cop
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coppy · adjective1

From cop + -y.

coppy · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited from*cop
  2. English todaycoppy

From a diminutive (with + -y) of Middle English *cop, found in Middle English copstole, copstule (“a kind of stool”).

coppy · noun3

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcopy
  2. English todaycoppy

From Middle English copy, a back-formation from copies, copyes, koppis (“coppice, copse”), mistaken as a plural.

Words from the same roots

Middle English*cop all →

capcopCuppett

Middle Englishcopy all →

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