Where does “course” come from?
Course comes from Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus meaning "a running," derived from the verb curro meaning "to run," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- meaning "to run."
course (English): A sequence of events; A path that something or...
Definitions
- A sequence of events; A path that something or...
Ancestry of “course”, step by step
course traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cours
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 2 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 3 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 4 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 5 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Middle English cours
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cours | course |