bove

Pronunciation: /bʌv/

The English word “bove” has 1 meaning listed here.

preposition

Above.

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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