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- | :''[[album cover]], [[book cover]], [[record sleeve]]'' | + | :''[[cover art]], [[album cover]], [[book cover]], [[record sleeve]], [[cover version]]'' |
*A [[lid (container)|lid]] or [[seal (mechanical)|seal]], usually one that completely closes the object | *A [[lid (container)|lid]] or [[seal (mechanical)|seal]], usually one that completely closes the object | ||
**[[Album cover]] (see also: [[CD and DVD packaging]]) | **[[Album cover]] (see also: [[CD and DVD packaging]]) | ||
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***[[Undercover]] | ***[[Undercover]] | ||
*[[Cover version]], a new version of a previously recorded song | *[[Cover version]], a new version of a previously recorded song | ||
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+ | Middle English ''coveren'', from Old French ''covrir, cueuvrir'' (Modern French ''couvrir'') from Late Latin ''coperire'' from Latin ''cooperio'' (“I cover completely”), from ''co-'', intensive prefix, + ''operio'' (“I close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English ''thecchen'' and ''bethecchen'' (“to cover”) (from Old English ''þeccan, beþeccan'' (“to cover”)), Middle English ''helen, (over)helen, (for)helen'' (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English ''helan'' (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English ''wrien, (be)wreon'' (“to cover”) (from Old English ''(be)wrēon'' (“to cover”)), Middle English ''hodren, hothren'' (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)). | ||
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+ | According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was hide from view as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of cover again, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Cover up]] | *[[Cover up]] | ||
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- A lid or seal, usually one that completely closes the object
- Album cover (see also: CD and DVD packaging)
- Book cover
- Something that conceals something else:
- Cover (intelligence), the purported occupation or purpose of a spy
- Cover version, a new version of a previously recorded song
Etymology
Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, cueuvrir (Modern French couvrir) from Late Latin coperire from Latin cooperio (“I cover completely”), from co-, intensive prefix, + operio (“I close, cover”). Displaced native Middle English thecchen and bethecchen (“to cover”) (from Old English þeccan, beþeccan (“to cover”)), Middle English helen, (over)helen, (for)helen (“to cover, conceal”) (from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”)), Middle English wrien, (be)wreon (“to cover”) (from Old English (be)wrēon (“to cover”)), Middle English hodren, hothren (“to cover up”) (from Low German hudren (“to cover up”)).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original sense of the verb and noun cover was hide from view as in its cognate covert. Except in the limited sense of cover again, the word recover is unrelated and is cognate with recuperate.
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