Where does “open” come from?
Open comes from Middle English openen, from Old English open, from Proto-Germanic upanōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European upo combined with the suffix -eh₂.
open (English): Not closed; Not physically drawn together,...
Definitions
- Not closed; Not physically drawn together,...
Ancestry of “open”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | open | open |
| 2 | Old English | open | open |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *opan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | upanaz | open |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “open”