- covey
[covey 词源字典]
- covey: see incubate
[covey etymology, covey origin, 英语词源] - covey (n.)
- mid-14c., "brood of partridges," from Middle French covée "brood" (Modern French couvée), from Gallo-Roman *cubata, literally "hatchling," from past participle stem of Latin cubare "to sit, incubate, hatch" (see incubation).