Cup
/kʌp/noun
A small open container used for drinking.
Did you know?English cup comes through Old English and Latin from a very old word for a drinking vessel, and related forms spread across Europe into words for bowls, goblets, and containers.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keup-
“to bend, curve, or swell”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kuppō
“a cup or bowl”
Old English
OE
cuppe
“a drinking vessel, cup”
Late Latin
Latin
cupa
“tub, vat, cask”
Old French
Old French
coupe
“cup, bowl, goblet”
Middle English
English
cup
“a drinking vessel”