English
coverture
Coverture comes from Old French coverture ‘covering’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coverture‘covering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400coverture‘covering’
- Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599same form
Earliest quotation: 1598–1599, Much Adoe about Nothing: “URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish…”
Linked words
through Latin operiō ‘cover’
Today it means
noun Concealing cover, disguise, veil; (also figurative).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French coverture / coverture