Re: thought for the week

On Tue, 03 Aug 1999, Peter D. Junger <junger[_at_]samsara.law.cwru.edu> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Peter D. Junger <junger[_at_]samsara.law.cwru.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > All the dictionaries I have looked at define copyright the noun
> > > as ``the exclusive right to reproduce, publish, and sell the
> > > work'' or words to that effect.
> >
> > That's correct, but I was referring to the word's origin, not to its
> > definition.
>
> I am afraid that I did not make it clear that the dictionaries that
> I looked at purport to give the words etymology as well as its
> definition.
>
> Here is the entry from the online version of the OED 2d:
>
> Oxford English Dictionary
>
> copyright 'kopIraIt, sb. (a.)
> f. COPY sb. + RIGHT sb.

What does the OED say about the origin of the word "copy"?

Diane Cabell
http://www.mama-tech.com/
Fausett, Gaeta & Lund, LLP
Boston, MA
<cabell[_at_]mama-tech.com> Received on Wed Aug 04 1999 - 12:15:39 GMT