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 m (oblique plural copeiz, nominative singular copeiz, nominative plural copeiz)
- a cut-over woods
Related terms
- coper
Descendants
- English: coppice (borrowed)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (copeiz)