Where does “courtier” come from?
Courtier comes from Middle English courteour, from Old French cortoiier, derived from Old French cort meaning an enclosed space or court, ultimately from Latin cohors with the prefix co- meaning together.
courtier (English): A person in attendance at a royal court; A person...
Definitions
- A person in attendance at a royal court; A person...
Ancestry of “courtier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | courteour | A courtier resident at a noble court |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | corteour | — |
| 3 | Old French | cortoiier | — |
| 4 | Old French | cort | court |
| 5 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 6 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |