Where does “entr'ouvèrt” come from?

entr'ouvèrt (Norman) comes from Norman ouvèrt, 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.

entr'ouvèrt (Norman): half-open

Definitions

  1. half-open

Ancestry of “entr'ouvèrt”, step by step

entr'ouvèrt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norman ouvèrt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanouvèrtopen
2Old Frenchovertpast participle of ovrir
3Old Frenchovrirto open
4Vulgar Latinoperire—
5Latinaperīre—
6Latinaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away

via Norman entre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanentrebetween, among
2Old Frenchentreamong; amongst
3Latininterbetween, among; during, while
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “entr'ouvèrt”

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