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Where does “covenaunt” come from?

covenaunt (Middle English) comes from Old French covenant, from Latin conveniēns.

Ancestry of “covenaunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcovenantpresent participle of covenir; covenant
2Latinconveniēns—

Words derived from “covenaunt”

  • covenant
  • covenantal
  • covenanting
  • Covenanter
  • covenantor
  • covenantee
  • covenanter
  • covenanteth
  • discovenant
  • bicovenantal
  • noncovenanter
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