Where does “courbatu” come from?
courbatu (French) comes from French court, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
courbatu (French): aching, stiff (of muscles)
Definitions
- aching, stiff (of muscles)
Ancestry of “courbatu”, step by step
courbatu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French court
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | court | short; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 3 | Middle English | court | A courtyard; an enclosed space |
| 4 | Old French | cort | court |
| 5 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 6 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via French battu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | battu | beaten; past participle of battre |
| 2 | French | battre | to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight |
| 3 | Middle French | battre | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 4 | Old French | batre | to beat; to hit; to strike |
| 5 | Latin | battō | to beat att. from 2nd c. CE |
| 6 | Latin | battuō | to beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike |