Where does “feme covert” come from?
feme covert (English) comes from Old French covert, from Latin coopertus, from Latin cooperio, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
feme covert (English): A married woman
Definitions
- A married woman
Ancestry of “feme covert”, step by step
feme covert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French covert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | covert | past participle of covrir; covered, protected |
| 2 | Latin | coopertus | covered over; overwhelmed |
| 3 | Latin | cooperio | I cover wholly, cover over, overwhelm |
| 4 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Anglo-Norman feme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | feme | woman; Alternative form of fame |
| 2 | Old French | femme | Alternative form of fame |
| 3 | Latin | fēmina | woman |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | fēmanā | woman |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ | who sucks; one who is sucked; one who suckles;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |