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covin

/ˈkəʊvɪn/KOH-vin
/ˈkoʊvɪn/KOH-vin

Meaningto come together

Common meaning: a secret plot (legal)

Journey through time

  1. Latinconvenire‘to come together’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsto come together → to assemblecovenir‘to assemble’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsto assemble → agreementcovine‘agreement’source
  4. Middle Englishcovinesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsagreement → a secret plotcovin‘a secret plot (legal)’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin convenire ‘to come together’.

Roots

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