Where does “undercovering” come from?
undercovering (English) comes from English covering, from English cover, from Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
undercovering (English): A covering that goes under something else;...
Definitions
- A covering that goes under something else;...
Ancestry of “undercovering”, step by step
undercovering traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English covering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | covering | present participle of cover; That which covers or... |
| 2 | English | cover | A lid; Area or situation which screens a person... |
| 3 | Middle English | coveren | to recover |
| 4 | Old French | covrir | to cover |
| 5 | Latin | cooperiō | to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English undercover
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | undercover | Performed or happening in secret; Employed or... |
| 2 | English | under | In or at a lower level than; As a subject of;... |
| 3 | Middle English | under | under |
| 4 | Old English | under | under, beneath |
| 5 | Germanic | *under | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *(H)n̥dʰér | under, below |