overt

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂epó“away; from”
2. Latin · derived fromaperīre“to open”
3. Late Latin · derived fromoperire
4. Old French · derived fromovrir
5. Old French · derived fromovert
6. Middle French · derived fromouvert
7. Anglo-Norman · derived fromovert
8. Middle English · inherited fromovert
9. English todayovert

From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.

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