Etymology

covent

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Today it means: Convent. Full definition →

Middle English covent ← Old French covent
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromcovent
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcovent
  3. English todaycovent

From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcovent all →

coven

Old Frenchcovent all →

conventcoven

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.