English
bove
Bove may come from Middle English bove.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500boveuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500boveuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book III, Canto III: “Her Sea-god syre she dearely did perswade, T'endow her…”
Every English word from Middle English bove
Today it means
prep Above.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English bove / bove