English Explanatory Dictionary

bove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Above.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bʌv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bove.wav

Word forms

bove 'bove Boves

Etymology

Probably an apheretic form of above. Alternatively, this word may continue Middle English bove, boven, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from *bi (“by”) + *ufanā (“from above”). Compare West Frisian boppe, Dutch boven and Low German baven, boven.

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