The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπροκοπή
- Late Latin · learned borrowing fromprocopē
- English todayprocope
Learned borrowing from Late Latin procopē, via Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ) from verb προκόπτω (prokóptō, “to cut away in front; forward, advance”), προ- (pro-, “before; in front”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπροκοπή all →
Procopius
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.