cuppa Latin · revision 9314

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la cūpa}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkʊp.pa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkup.pa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cuppa''' ''f'' (genitive cuppae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a Late and Vulgar Latin form of Classical [[cūpa]] “tub, cask, vat”, perhaps influenced by Frankish ⟨*kopp⟩ “bowl”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gaffiot gives ''cūpa'' or ''cuppa'' from Varro, Cicero and Caesar, of a large wooden vessel, a cask.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin ''cūpa'' was a large wooden vessel, a cask or vat, and a sarcophagus.^(Gaffiot 2016) The OLD treats ''cuppa'' under ''cūpa''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin ''cuppa'' meant a tub, a cup or beaker, and a measure.^(Niermeyer 1976) Late Latin ''cuppa'' “cup” gave Old English ''cuppe'' and [[en|cup]], and it survives in Italian ''coppa'', French ''coupe'', Spanish ''copa'' and Romanian ''cupă''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses ''cūpa'' of a cask.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Old English period – ''cuppe'' “cup” is borrowed from Late Latin ''cuppa''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A cask, tub.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A [[m|en|cup]], beaker.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cūpa]]

+ * [[en|cup]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}