Where does “courtierlike” come from?
courtierlike (English) comes from English courtier, from Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, from Old French cortoiier, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs, from Latin cohors, from Latin co- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
courtierlike (English): Resembling a courtier or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a courtier or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “courtierlike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | courtier | A person in attendance at a royal court; A person... |
| 2 | Middle English | courteour | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | corteour | — |
| 4 | Old French | cortoiier | — |
| 5 | Old French | cort | court |
| 6 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 7 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | — |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |