Cuppett
//ˈkʌpɪt// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An English surname transferred from the nickname.
Etymology
Alteration of the surname Coppett, from Middle English coppet, copped (literally “peaked, headed”), an adjective which also had the secondary meaning of "haughty". Thence, a nickname for a haughty person. Middle English copped is a derivative of Middle English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), a word inherited from Old English copp (“top, summit, round head”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“crown of the head, hilltop, orb, bowl”).
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