Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original. · The result of gene or chromosomal duplication. · An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. · The text (words, content) that is to be typeset or similarly prepared and published.
From Middle English copy, copie, from Old French copie (“abundance, plenty; transcript, copy”), from Medieval Latin copia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”). More at opulent.
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