The story
- Latin · derived fromconventum
- Old French · derived fromcovent
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromcovent, cuvent
- Middle English · inherited fromcovent
- English todaycoven
From Middle English covent, from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum, from conveniō, from cum (“with”) and venio (“to come”). Doublet of convent.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishcovent all →
covent
Old Frenchcovent all →
conventcovent
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.