Etymology of the English word hardcover
the English word
hardcoverderived from the English word
coverderived from the Old French word
covrirderived 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-derived from the English word
hardderived from the English word
heardderived from the English word
hearderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kous-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kar-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*kharthusUsage
Word found in Modern English
