Where does “écœurement” come from?
écœurement (French) comes from French écœurer, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
écœurement (French): nausea; disgust, loathing
Definitions
- nausea; disgust, loathing
Ancestry of “écœurement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | écœurer | to nauseate; to disgust; to annoy |
| 2 | French | Cœur | — |
| 3 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 4 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 6 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |