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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wer-
- Latinoperiō
- Latincooperiō
- Old Frenchcovrir
- Middle Englishcoveren
- Englishcover
- English todaycoverage
From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.