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

  1. courage; API !; chin up! keep going! take heart!

Ancestry of “courage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcorage—
2Old Frenchcoragecourage
3Vulgar Latincoraticum—
4Latincorheart; soul, mind
5Proto-Italickordheart
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “courage”

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