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Where does “covelet” come from?

covelet (English) comes from English cove, from French couver, from Old French cover, from Latin cubāre, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- — cattle.

covelet (English): A little cove

Definitions

  1. A little cove

Ancestry of “covelet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoveA hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern; A concave...
2Frenchcouverto brood; to mollycoddle
3Old Frenchcoverto brood
4Latincubāre—
5Latincubō—
6Proto-Italickubāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle
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