myEtymology.com: English etymology of courtship

Etymology of the English word courtship

the English word courtship

derived from 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-

using the English suffix -ship

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-skapaz