The story
- Latin · derived fromcūpa
- Latin · derived fromcūpula“little tub”
- Italian · borrowed fromcupola
- English todaycupola
Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula.
Words from the same roots
Latincūpula all →
cupula
Latincūpa all →
cupcoopcowlkibblecupelkeeve
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.