The story
- Latin · derived fromcōpula
- Old French · derived fromcouple
- Middle English · inherited fromcouple
- English todaycouple
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
Words from the same roots
Latincōpula all →
copulacabaletta
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.