cop

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • 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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