English
cupola
Cupola comes from Latin cūpula ‘little tub’, and goes back to cūpa ‘cup’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūpa‘cup’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūpula‘little tub’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcupola
- Englishearliest quotation 1886same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūpa‘cup’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūpula‘little tub’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcupola
- Englishearliest quotation 1886same form
Earliest quotation: 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson: “the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.”
Linked words
through Latin cūpa ‘cup’
Today it means
noun A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cūpa / cupola