English

matchcover

From match + cover, since the 1890s; more at matchbook.

A compound of match + cover

Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’

Proto-West Germanic *makkjō

Old English mæċċa ‘companion’

Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’

English match

Proto-Italic *opweriō

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Latin cooperiō ‘to cover completely’

Late Latin cooperiō ‘to cover’

Old French covrir

Middle English coveren ‘to cover’

English cover

Today it means

noun The cover of a matchbook.

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

Etymograph / matchcover