cobre

Etymology
From, from , because Cyprus was its chief source.

Noun

 * 1) copper

Etymology 1
Attested since the 13th century. From, from , from   (“Cypriot copper” because Cyprus was its chief source), from , from , probably from an unknown Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; compare 🇨🇬, the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis, 6:14).

Noun

 * 1) copper
 * 2) * 1281, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 133:
 * Dou a mia arameña τ o morteyro de cobre a Santa Maria de Monte de Ramo para a capella.
 * I bequeath my bowl and the copper mortar to St. Mary of Montederramo, for the chapel

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , because Cyprus was its chief source.

Noun

 * 1) copper reddish-brown, malleable metal
 * 2)  copper
 * 3)  a small amount of money; little change

Etymology 1
, from, from , because Cyprus was its chief source. The irregular evolution of this term in Spanish and other Ibero-Romance languages like 🇨🇬 (with the expected result being ) has been suggested to perhaps be due to some influence from 🇨🇬, although this is uncertain because of the discrepancy between the internal consonants and the unusual idea of just altering the final consonants due to foreign influence. More likely, it may have been informally influenced by (older ), originally meaning bronze in Old Spanish.

Noun

 * 1) copper reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29