Where does “ouvert” come from?

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

ouvert (French): open; past participle of ouvrir

Definitions

  1. open; past participle of ouvrir

Ancestry of “ouvert”, step by step

ouvert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French ouvert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchouvertpast participle of ouvrir
2Old Frenchovertpast participle of ovrir
3Old Frenchovrirto open
4Vulgar Latinoperire—
5Latinaperīre—
6Latinaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

via French ouvrir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouvrirto open; to begin
2Middle Frenchouvrirto open

Words derived from “ouvert”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Latin aperiō →Every word from Latin aperīre →