Where does “ouvert” come from?

ouvert (Middle French) comes from Old French overt, from Old French ovrir, from Vulgar Latin operire, from Latin aperīre, from Latin aperiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.

ouvert (Middle French): past participle of ouvrir

Definitions

  1. past participle of ouvrir

Ancestry of “ouvert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchovertpast participle of ovrir
2Old Frenchovrirto open
3Vulgar Latinoperire—
4Latinaperīre—
5Latinaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

Words derived from “ouvert”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Latin aperiō →Every word from Latin aperīre →