covenant

The story

1. Latin · derived fromconveniēns, convenientem“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”
2. Old French · derived fromcovenant“agreement”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcovenaunt
4. English todaycovenant

From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene.