| I think the verb idea comes from the making things copper coloured. Coppering them to go brown.
The origin goes back further than the latin, if my memory is correct.
The dictionaries tell the word's original meanings but not the reasoning behind it. I think Mongolians had a word for arrow holder and it looks like all the other words for copper.
My curiosity has been raised by this connection with copper.It's a bit like the old wash house boilers were often called "coppers" because they were made from copper. Would copper quivers make good sense? |