Where does “courageless” come from?

courageless (English) comes from English courage, from Middle English corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin coraticum, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

courageless (English): Devoid of courage; fearful, cowardly

Definitions

  1. Devoid of courage; fearful, cowardly

Ancestry of “courageless”, step by step

courageless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English courage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcourageThe quality of being confident, not afraid or...
2Middle Englishcoragecourage; heart
3Old Frenchcoragecourage
4Vulgar Latincoraticum—
5Latincorheart; soul, mind
6Proto-Italickordheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “courageless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →
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