ovest

Meaning

Noun

• The mast and acorns of the oak; the turn-out.

Origin

• From Middle English ovet, from Old English ofett, from Proto-West Germanic *obaet, from a compound whose first element represents Proto-Indo-European *obʰi-, *ebʰi-, *bʰi-, and whose second element is Proto-Germanic *at-, *ēta-, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with West Frisian oefte, Dutch ooft, German Low German Ooft, Aaft, German Obst.