English
coupé
Coupé comes from French coupé ‘cut’, and goes back to Old French coper.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coper‘to cut off’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcouper‘to cut’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcoupé‘cut’
- Englishearliest quotation 1826same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coper‘to cut off’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcouper‘to cut’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcoupé‘cut’
- Englishearliest quotation 1826same form
Earliest quotation: 1826, Sir Henry Chauncy, The Historical Antiquities of Hertforshire: “[...] who was knighted : His Arms were Or,…”
Linked words
through Old French coper ‘to cut off’
through French couper ‘to cut’
through French coupé ‘cut’
Today it means
noun A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French coper / coupé