Where does “courage” come from?
courage (French) comes from Middle French corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin coraticum, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
courage (French): courage; API !; chin up! keep going! take heart!
Definitions
- courage; API !; chin up! keep going! take heart!
Ancestry of “courage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | corage | — |
| 2 | Old French | corage | courage |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coraticum | — |
| 4 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |
Words derived from “courage”