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