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.

Cœur (French): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “Cœur”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Cœur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →