Where does “courage” come from?

Courage comes from Middle English corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin coraticum, from Latin cor meaning heart, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr.

courage (English): The quality of being confident, not afraid or...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being confident, not afraid or...

Ancestry of “courage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcoragecourage; heart
2Old Frenchcoragecourage
3Vulgar Latincoraticum
4Latincorheart; soul, mind
5Proto-Italickordheart
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “courage

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr