ovest

From Middle English ovet, from Old English ofett (“fruit, legume”), from Proto-Germanic *ubatją (“fruit, produce, increase”), from a compound whose first element represents Proto-Indo-European *obʰi-, *ebʰi-, *bʰi- (“on, toward, from, by”), and whose second element is Proto-Germanic *at-, *ēta- (“edibles, food”), from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Dutch ooft (“fruit”), German Obst (“fruit”), Low German Aaft.

ovest (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal) The mast and acorns of the oak; the turn-out.

• ovesting

• Stevo, Votes, stove, vetos, votes

Originated as an incorrect reading of a borrowing from French ouest, from Old English west, from Proto-Germanic *westrą, from earlier *westraz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vest/, [ˈɔːves̪t̪]

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• Hyphenation: ò‧vest

ovest m (invariable)

1. west

• occidente
• ponente

• est
• nord
• sud
• punto cardinale

• vesto