Cupped
/kʌpt/noun
Having the shape of a cup or formed into a hollow curve.
Did you know?Cupped comes from the same old word family as *cup*, which ultimately traces back to a Latin term for a drinking vessel, so even a simple hand shape carries the history of containers, offerings, and containment.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gup-
“likely an imitative or substrate source behind vessel terms, though the deeper origin is uncertain”
Latin
Latin
cuppa
“a drinking vessel, cup”
Old English
English
cuppe
“a cup or drinking vessel”
Middle English
English
cuppen
“to form into a cup shape; to hollow or curve”
Modern English
English
cupped
“formed like a cup or shallow hollow”