Etymology of the English word escort
the English word
escortderived from the French word
escortederived from the Italian word
scortaderived from the Italian word
scortoderived from the Italian word
scorgerederived from the Vulgar Latin word
excorrigereusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Classical Latin word
corrigere (correct, set right; straighten)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
regere (rule, guide; manage)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
reg- (to move in a straight line)
Date
The earliest known usage of escort in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
escorted,
escortingCognates
Dutch
escorte, French
escorte, German
Eskorte, Norwegian
eskorte, Russian
эcкopт, Swedish
eskortUsage
Word found in Modern English
