copy

• コピーする；複製する；盗作する。
• vt. 複製する；コピーする；盗作する
• n. コピー；複製；模倣

co-op、強調する。co-op、すること、労働すること、語源的にはoperate、opusと同じ。元々は大量に作ること、後にコピー、写すこと。

copy

copy: [14] Copy has a very devious semantic history. It comes from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (source also of English copious), and came into English via Old French copie. In addition to its central sense ‘abundance’, Latin copia could also mean ‘power, right’, and it appears that its use in such phrases as ‘give someone the right to transcribe’ led to its application to ‘right of reproduction’ and ultimately to simply ‘reproduction’.
=> copious

copy (n.)

early 14c., "written account or record," from Old French copie (13c.), from Medieval Latin copia "reproduction, transcript," from Latin copia "plenty, means" (see copious). Sense extended 15c. to any specimen of writing (especially MS for a printer) and any reproduction or imitation. Related: Copyist.

copy (v.)

late 14c., from Old French copier (14c.), from Medieval Latin copiare "to transcribe," originally "to write in plenty," from Latin copia (see copy (n.)). Hence, "to write an original text many times." Related: Copied; copying. Figurative sense of "to imitate" is attested from 1640s.

1. I autographed a copy of one of my books.

私は自分の本に署名しました。

2.The new copiers only copy onto one side of the paper.

新規コピー機は片面コピーしかできません。

3.The second-hand version is a poor copy of the original.

海賊版版は原版に対する低劣な複製である。

4.Readers should send a copy of unanswered letters to their MP.

読者は、返信されていない手紙を代表の議員にコピーして送るべきだ。

5.I sent a copy to the minister for transport.

私は交通大臣にコピーを送りました。