Origins of coop

[mimijacobs]

Here's one to keep you all busy. My little granddaughter wants to know where the word "coop" comes from. I can't find an origin. Anyone here know?

 

[Keltara]

[Middle English coupe, possibly from Middle Dutch k

pe, basket, tub, from Germanic *k

p

n, possibly from Latin c

pa, cask.]

You can also find information in this Etymology Dictionary. That's the best that I can find!

 

[fiddlebanshee]

Entymology? As in science of insects? Etymology, me thinks.

 

[Keltara]

Entymology? As in science of insects? Etymology, me thinks.

My typo. Yes. Etymology. Sorry. I fixed it.