cup

Where does the word "cup" come from? It comes from Late Latin cuppa, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Cup’s story begins in Late Latin: cuppa meant “cup.” A variant of cupa 'tub, cask'; the 4th-century Roman glass Lycurgus Cup in the British Museum changes colour from green to red when lit from within. It reached English by 1300s as cup. Borrowed into Old English as cuppe and reinforced by Old French coupe; the FA Cup, first contested in 1871-72, is the oldest national football competition in the world. Today, cup means a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from; a trophy.

1. Stage 1 · Late Latin · late antiquity cuppa "cup", a variant of cupa 'tub, cask'; the 4th-century Roman glass Lycurgus Cup in the British Museum changes colour from green to red when lit from within.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s cup "drinking vessel; trophy", borrowed into Old English as cuppe and reinforced by Old French coupe; the FA Cup, first contested in 1871-72, is the oldest national football competition in the world.