attercop
English
/ˈætəkɒp/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A spider.
- (obsolete) A peevish or ill-natured person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English attercoppe inherited from Old English ātorcoppe (spider) compound from English atter (poison, venom) + English cop (spider, capture, take, crown, seize, head).
Origin
English
cop
Gloss
spider, capture, take, crown, seize, head
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
🕸️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticop English
- atter English
- atterly English
- attern English
- attery English
- cobweb English
- cop English
- cop-wise English
- copcam English
- cophouse English
- copicide English
- copland English
- copless English
- coplike English
- copple English
- copwise English
- cybercop English
- netcop English
- noncop English
- robocop English
- supercop English
- telecop English
- коп Russian
- ātorcoppe Old English
- atter Middle English
- attercoppe Middle English
- coppe Middle English
- coppeweb Middle English
- edderkop Danish
- edderkoppeben Danish
- edderkoppespind Danish
- fugleedderkop Danish
- etærkop Old Danish