Where does “ovri” come from?

ovri (Esperanto) comes from French ouvrir, from Middle French ouvrir, from Old French ovrir, from Vulgar Latin operire, from Latin aperīre, from Latin aperiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

ovri (Esperanto): to open

Definitions

  1. to open

Ancestry of “ovri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouvrirto open; to begin
2Middle Frenchouvrirto open
3Old Frenchovrirto open
4Vulgar Latinoperire—
5Latinaperīre—
6Latinaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Latin aperiō →Every word from Latin aperīre →