Etymology of the French word cour
the French word
courderived from the Latin word
curtisderived from the Classical Latin word
cors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)
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-Date
The earliest known usage of cour in French dates from the 10th century.
Derivations in French
courette,
arrière-cour,
avant-cour,
courée,
basse-courCognates
Danish
kort, Dutch
kort, Dutch
kaarde, Dutch
kaart, Dutch
sparen, English
spare, English
short, English
court, English
card, French
carde, French
cardère, French
carte, French
chardon, French
charte, 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
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