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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

  1. nausea; disgust, loathing

Ancestry of “écœurement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchécœurerto nauseate; to disgust; to annoy
2FrenchCœur—
3Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur
4Old Frenchcuerheart
5Vulgar Latin*corem—
6Latincorheart; soul, mind
7Proto-Italickordheart
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
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