Where does “uvertira” come from?

uvertira (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French ouverture, from Old French overture, 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.

uvertira (Serbo-Croatian): overture

Definitions

  1. overture

Ancestry of “uvertira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouvertureopening; overture
2Old Frenchoverturean opening
3Old Frenchovertpast participle of ovrir
4Old Frenchovrirto open
5Vulgar Latinoperire—
6Latinaperīre—
7Latinaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epóoff, away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó →Every word from Latin aperiō →Every word from Latin aperīre →