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English word origin

Etymology of cover

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-Europea

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/3

Original entry ↗
adj

Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine. · Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentioncoverenenm
  • Derivation mentioncovrirfro
  • Cognate mentioncouvrirfr
  • Derivation mentioncooperiōla · to cover completely
  • Cognate mentionthecchenenm
  • Cognate mentionþeccanang
  • Cognate mentionhelenenm · to cover, conceal
  • Cognate mentionhelanang · to conceal, cover, hide
  • Cognate mentionwreonenm · to cover
  • Cognate mentionwreonang · to cover
  • Cognate mentionhodrenenm · to cover up
  • Cognate mentionhudrennds · to cover up
  • Cognate mentioncubrires
  • Cognate mentioncobrirpt
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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/3

Original entry ↗
verb

To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect. · To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect. · To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal. · To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentioncoverenenm
  • Derivation mentioncovrirfro
  • Cognate mentioncouvrirfr
  • Derivation mentioncooperiōla · to cover completely
  • Cognate mentionthecchenenm
  • Cognate mentionþeccanang
  • Cognate mentionhelenenm · to cover, conceal
  • Cognate mentionhelanang · to conceal, cover, hide
  • Cognate mentionwreonenm · to cover
  • Cognate mentionwreonang · to cover
  • Cognate mentionhodrenenm · to cover up
  • Cognate mentionhudrennds · to cover up
  • Cognate mentioncubrires
  • Cognate mentioncobrirpt

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 3/3

Original entry ↗
noun

A lid. · Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view. · The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc. · The top sheet of a bed.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover From Middle English coveren, borrowed from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (modern French couvrir), from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperiō (“to cover completely”), from co- (intensive prefix) + operiō (“to close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was “hide from view” as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of “cover again”, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. Cognate with Spanish cubrir and Portuguese cobrir.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentioncoverenenm
  • Derivation mentioncovrirfro
  • Cognate mentioncouvrirfr
  • Derivation mentioncooperiōla · to cover completely
  • Cognate mentionthecchenenm
  • Cognate mentionþeccanang
  • Cognate mentionhelenenm · to cover, conceal
  • Cognate mentionhelanang · to conceal, cover, hide
  • Cognate mentionwreonenm · to cover
  • Cognate mentionwreonang · to cover
  • Cognate mentionhodrenenm · to cover up
  • Cognate mentionhudrennds · to cover up
  • Cognate mentioncubrires
  • Cognate mentioncobrirpt

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