copy的词源

英文词源

copy

copy: [14] Copy has a very devious semantic history. It comes from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (source also of English copious), and came into English via Old French copie. In addition to its central sense ‘abundance’, Latin copia could also mean ‘power, right’, and it appears that its use in such phrases as ‘give someone the right to transcribe’ led to its application to ‘right of reproduction’ and ultimately to simply ‘reproduction’.
=> copious

copy (n.)

early 14c., "written account or record," from Old French copie (13c.), from Medieval Latin copia "reproduction, transcript," from Latin copia "plenty, means" (see copious). Sense extended 15c. to any specimen of writing (especially MS for a printer) and any reproduction or imitation. Related: Copyist.

copy (v.)

late 14c., from Old French copier (14c.), from Medieval Latin copiare "to transcribe," originally "to write in plenty," from Latin copia (see copy (n.)). Hence, "to write an original text many times." Related: Copied; copying. Figurative sense of "to imitate" is attested from 1640s.

中文词源

copy：副本

co-, 强调。-op, 做，劳作，词源同operate, opus.原指大量做出来的，后指复印出来的，副本。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：copy 词源，copy 含义。

copy：抄本

copy起源于拉丁语词copia，经法语的copie而进入英语，原义是“多”。当一份文件、一篇文章有了抄本、副本、复制件时，就“不再是一本”了，而变成了“多”本。

电影底片洗印成的正片，即“拷贝”。用的就是copy这个词的译音。

copy：副本，拷贝，复制品；(一)本，(一)册

来源于拉丁语copia(大量,丰富)