Where does “escort” come from?
escort (English) comes from French escorte, from Italian scorta, from Italian scorto, from Italian scorgere, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigō, from Latin corrigō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
escort (English): A group of people or vehicles, generally armed,...
Definitions
- A group of people or vehicles, generally armed,...
Ancestry of “escort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | escorte | escort, suite; inflection of escorter:
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| 2 | Italian | scorta | escort; supply, hoard; feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Italian | scorto | past participle of scorgere; seen, perceived;... |
| 4 | Italian | scorgere | Meanings related to perception; to guide, to... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *excorrigō | — |
| 6 | Latin | corrigō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “escort”