Was the word covert named after a secret agent?

Answer 1

No, it's Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover.

cov·ert ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kvrt, kvrt, k-vûrt)
adj.
Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.
Covered or covered over; sheltered.
Law. Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.

n.
A covering or cover.

A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
Zoology. One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.
A flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock1.


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[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover. See cover.]
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covert·ly adv.
covert·ness n.

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covert

adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" [ant: overt] 2: of a wife; under the protection of her husband n 1: a flock of coots 2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of darkness" [syn: screen, cover, concealment]

Answer 2

no it wasnt
covert means hidden or sectret, the opposite is overt which means in the open.
the actions of secret agents has been called covert because as the word means it is sectret in nature.

Answer 3

No.

covert
c.1303, from O.Fr. covert, pp. of covrir "to cover"

Answer 4

don't know

Answer 5

NO!!!