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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: 'something that joins'

copula

 noun
     
Related topics: Grammar
cop‧u‧la [countable] technical
SLG a type of verb that connects the subject of a sentence to its complement, for example 'seem' in the sentence 'The house seems big' [= linking verb]
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