From Middle English coppe, from Old English *coppe, as in ātorcoppe, from Old English copp ("top, summit, head"), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz ("vault, round vessel, head"), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- ("to bend, curve"). Cognate with Middle Dutch koppe, kobbe. More at cobweb.
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *coppen, *copen, from Old English copian; or possibly from Middle French caper, from Latin capiō; or possibly from Dutch kapen, from Old Frisian kāpia. Compare also Middle English copen, from Middle Dutch copen.
Short for copper, itself from the verb cop above, in reference to arresting criminals.
From Middle English cop, coppe, from Old English cop, copp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew-. Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.
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