Where does “open” come from?

open (Middle English) comes from Old English open, from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic upanaz, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

open (Middle English): open

Definitions

  1. open

Ancestry of “open”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishopenopen
2Proto-West Germanic*opanopen
3Proto-Germanicupanazopen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “open”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →