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CopenEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Spelling variant of both Coppin and Koppen (a German patronymic surname reduced from Jakob).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English pen English copen From co- + pen.
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1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- CopenMiddle English · word_copen_vb_1
Copen, v. to cover with a cope, provide with a cope, PP, S2; i-copet, pp., S2.
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Copen, v. to barter, to meet, to have to do with, to encounter, S3, Sh.—Cp. Du. koopen, to buy.
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