copeiz

Old French

Etymology

From presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”).

Noun

copeiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural copeiz, nominative singular copeiz, nominative plural copeiz)

  1. a cut-over woods

Descendants

  • → English: coppice

References

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