Where does “ouvé” come from?

ouvé (Middle French) comes from Old French oevé, from Old French ueve, from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum.

ouvé (Middle French): roe fish eggs

Definitions

  1. roe fish eggs

Ancestry of “ouvé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchoevéswollen, fat
2Old Frenchueveroe
3Vulgar Latin*ŏvum—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum →Every word from Old French ueve →Every word from Old French oevé →