English
accouplement
Accouplement comes from French accouplement ‘coupling, mating’, from Latin cōpula ‘a tie, binding’, and ultimately from apiō ‘to join’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōpula‘a tie, binding’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōpulōas cōpulāre‘to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcoupler‘to couple’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccoupler‘to pair up, go together, get into a couple’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccouplement‘coupling, mating’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōpula‘a tie, binding’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōpulōas cōpulāre‘to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcoupler‘to couple’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccoupler‘to pair up, go together, get into a couple’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentaccouplement‘coupling, mating’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin apiō ‘to join’
adaptation, adapt, adept, couplet, 13 more
through Latin cōpula ‘a tie, binding’
through Latin cōpulō ‘to bind or tie together, unite, join, couple’
Today it means
noun The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin apiō / accouplement