Where does “slipcover” come from?

slipcover (English) comes from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

slipcover (English): A fitted protective or decorative cover that may...

Definitions

  1. A fitted protective or decorative cover that may...

Ancestry of “slipcover”, step by step

slipcover traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cover

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoverA lid; Area or situation which screens a person...
2Middle Englishcoverento recover
3Old Frenchcovrirto cover
4Latincooperiōto cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English slip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslipA thin, slippery mix of clay and water; Mud,...
2Middle Dutchslippe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-