myEtymology.com: French etymology of coursing

Etymology of the French word coursing

the French word coursing

derived from the English word coursing

derived from the English word course

derived from the Old French word cours

derived from the Medieval Latin word cursus (course, direction, line of advance; lesson; running; speed, zeal)

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

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

using the English suffix -ing