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1. Etymology of the English word court

the English word court
derived from the Old French word cort
derived from the Classical Latin word cohors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gher-

Derivations in English

antecourt, backcourt, courtroom, courtship, courtside, courtyard, crosscourt, downcourt, forecourt, courthouse, courted

Cognates

Danish kort, Dutch kort, Dutch kaarde, Dutch kaart, Dutch sparen, English spare, English short, English card, French carde, French cardère, French carte, French chardon, French charte, French cour, French court, German kurz, German Kardätsche, German Karde, German Karte, German sparen, Icelandic stuttur, Icelandic spara, Italian cardo, Italian carta, Italian corto, Italian corte, Latin carduus, Lithuanian korta, Norwegian kort, Nynorsk kårte, Polish karta, Portuguese curto, Provençal carta, Provençal cardo, Provençal cort, Riksmal kort, Riksmal stutt, Russian каpтa, Spanish cardo, Spanish carta, Spanish corte, Spanish corto, Spanish carda, Swedish kort, Swedish karda, Yiddish kort, Yiddish shporn

Usage

Word found in Modern English

2. Etymology of the English word court

derived from the English word court
derived from the Old French word court
derived from the Latin word curtus (mutilated; incomplete, missing a part)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-

Derivations in other languages

French court

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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