Etymology of the English word cortege
the English word
cortegederived from the French word
cortegederived from the Old Italian word
corteggioderived from the Old Italian word
corteggiarederived from the Old Italian word
cortederived from the Classical Latin word
cohors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gher-derived from the French word
cortègederived from the Old Italian word
corteggioderived from the Old Italian word
corteggiarederived from the Old Italian word
cortederived from the Classical Latin word
cohors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gher-Date
The earliest known usage of cortege in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
