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French word couper comes from Latin colaphus (A blow with the fist; cuff.), Latin colpo
colaphus (Latin)
A blow with the fist; cuff.
colpo (Latin)
colpus (Late Latin)
*colupus (Latin)
*colpus (Vulgar Latin)
colp (Old French)
Strike; hit.
colper (Old French)
couper (French)
(reflexive, se couper, of leather) to crack. To cut off, to keep out. To cut, cut up, to chop. To dilute (with water).