overt

Meaning

Adjective

  • Open and not concealed or secret.

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Origin

  • From Middle English overt, uverte, from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir, from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre ("to open"), from aperiō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ("away; from") + *h₂wer-. The English word is a ouvert.

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