Coupe
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mid 19th century (in coupe1 (sense 2)): from French carrosse coupé, literally ‘cut carriage’. coupe1 (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.
wiktionary
Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup and keeve.
etymonline
coupe (n.)
1834, "low, short, four-wheeled, close carriage without the front seat, carrying two inside, with an outside seat for the driver," also "front compartment of a stage coach," from French coupe (18c.), short for carrosse coupe "cut-off carriage," a shorter version of the Berlin, minus the back seat, from couper "to cut (in half);" see coup. Applied to closed two-door automobiles by 1897. Coup de ville is from 1931, originally a car with an open driver's position and an enclosed passenger compartment.
