cup

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English word cup comes from Proto-Indo-European *gu-, Proto-Indo-European *gew-, Old English (ca. 450-1100) ator (Poison, venom.), English atter, Proto-Indo-European *kewp-, Proto-Indo-European *keup-, Malayalam copa, Modern Greek (1453-) κούπα, Proto-Germanic *kubnáz

*kewp- (Proto-Indo-European)

a hollow

cupa (Latin)

Handle, axle. Tub, cask, tun, vat.

cuppa (Late Latin)

cuppe (Old English)

A small drinking vessel; cup.

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