Where does “ouvrir” come from?
ouvrir (French) comes 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.
ouvrir (French): to open; to begin
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