Where does “cœur” come from?

cœur (French) comes from Middle French coeur, from Old French coer, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cœur (French): heart; heart, heart shape; hearts

Definitions

  1. heart; heart, heart shape; hearts

Ancestry of “cœur”, step by step

cœur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French coeur

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

via Middle French cœur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur

Words derived from “cœur”

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