Etymograph

English

semicovert

From semi- + covert.

Formed from semi- + covert

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Proto-Italic *opweriō

…

Latin cooperiō ‘to cover wholly or over, overwhelm, clothe’

Old French covrir ‘to cover’

Old French covert

Middle English covert

English covert

Today it means

adj Somewhat or partly covert.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “semicovert”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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