Etymograph

English

covercle

Covercle comes from Old French covercle ‘lid, cover’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *opweriō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opweriōreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoperiō‘cover’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcooperiō‘to cover’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcooperculum‘lid, cover’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400covercle‘lid, cover’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1683same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*opweriōreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoperiō‘cover’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcooperiō‘to cover’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcooperculum‘lid, cover’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400covercle‘lid, cover’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1683same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1683, Thomas Brown [i.e., (please specify the page): “the covercle of a shell-fish”.

Linked words

through Latin operiō ‘cover’

operculum, 7 more

Today it means

noun A small cover; a lid.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *opweriō / covercle

Shirt and support for this word