Where does “couvert” come from?

couvert (French) 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,...

couvert (French): covered; cloudy, overcast; Piece of cutlery

Definitions

covered; cloudy, overcast; Piece of cutlery

Ancestry of “couvert”, step by step

couvert traces back through 3 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 French couvrir

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	couvrir	to cover up, to cover; to cover
2	Old French	covrir	to cover
3	Latin	cooperiō	to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe
4	Latin	operiō	to cover (over something); envelop
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂wer-	to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
6	Proto-Indo-European	wēr-	true
7	Proto-Indo-European	wer-	to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Middle French couvert

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	couvert	—

Words derived from “couvert”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →