myEtymology.com: French etymology of concourse

Etymology of the French word concourse

the French word concourse

derived from the Latin word concursus (encounter; combination, coincidence; running to and fro, together, collision)

derived from the Latin word concurrere (charge, fight, engage in battle; run, assemble, knock)

derived from the Medieval Latin word currere (run, trot, gallop)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kers-

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)

English concourse