Where does “apert” come from?
apert (Middle English) comes from Old French apert, from Latin apertus, from Latin aperiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.
Ancestry of “apert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | apert | — |
| 2 | Latin | apertus | opened, open, free; public; having been opened;... |
| 3 | Latin | aperiō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |
Words derived from “apert”