Etymology of the English word discoverer
the English word
discovererderived from the Old French word
descovrirderived from the Latin word
discooperire (expose, bare, lay bare)
derived from the Late Latin word
cooperire (cover wholly, completely, cover up)
using the Latin prefix
co-derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
operire (cover; bury; overspread)
derived from the Latin word
aperire (uncover, open, disclose)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wer-using the Latin prefix
dis-Derivations in English
codiscovererUsage
Word found in Modern English
