cope English · revision 13286

− It is Middle English coupen, copen, [[bor|fro|couper|t=to strike, cut]], earlier colper, to hit, punch,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from colp, coup, a blow (see [[coup]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus, a blow with the fist, from Greek.^(MWU 2024)^(Cresswell 2021)

− It is Middle English cope, from earlier cāpe, as in Old English cantelcāpe (before 1121),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Medieval Latin capa, a cloak, a variant of Late Latin cappa, a hood, mantle (see [[cap]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Old Norse kápa and French chape are from the same source.^(Hoad 1986)