coppern

Betekenis (Engels)

Made or consisting of copper; coppery.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: copren

Geërf van Old English: cypren

Verwante met Nederlands: koperen

Verwante met Duits: kupfern

In summary

Inherited from Middle English copren, from Old English cypren (“made of copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kupprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr + *-īn, and/or from Latin cuprīnus, cyprīnus (“made of copper”). By surface analysis, copper + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Dutch koperen (“made of copper”), German kupfern (“made of copper”).