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Where does “écœurer” come from?

écœurer (French) comes 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.

écœurer (French): to nauseate; to disgust; to annoy

Definitions

  1. to nauseate; to disgust; to annoy

Ancestry of “écœurer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “écœurer”

  • écœurement
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