"Cuppett" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkʌpɪt/ Forms: Cuppetts [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|coppet}} Middle English coppet, {{m+|enm|copped}} Middle English copped, {{der|en|enm|cop||top, summit, crown of the head}} Middle English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), {{der|en|ang|copp||top, summit, round head}} Old English copp (“top, summit, round head”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kuppaz||crown of the head, hilltop, orb, bowl}} Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“crown of the head, hilltop, orb, bowl”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Cuppett (plural Cuppetts)
  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

Inflected forms

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