Where does “coursepack” come from?
coursepack (English) comes from English course, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coursepack (English): A set of photocopied documents or other materials...
Definitions
- A set of photocopied documents or other materials...
Ancestry of “coursepack”, step by step
coursepack traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English course
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | course | A sequence of events; A path that something or... |
| 2 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 3 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 4 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 5 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 6 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English pack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pack | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pakken | To pack; to put into a pack or container; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |