See also: cupet and Cupeț

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic коупьць (kupĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь (trader), from Proto-Slavic *kupiti (to purchase), from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną (to buy), from *kaupô (merchant), from Latin caupo (merchant, innkeeper, shopkeeper). Compare Ukrainian купець (kupecʹ), Slovak kupec, Czech kupec, Polish kupiec.

Noun

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cupeț m (plural cupeți)

  1. (Moldavia (region)) merchant

Declension

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