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Where does “coureur” come from?

coureur (French) comes from Middle French coureur.

coureur (French): runner; racer; rider

Definitions

  1. runner; racer; rider

Ancestry of “coureur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcoureur—

Words derived from “coureur”

  • curlew
  • curlewlike
  • stone curlew
  • corliu
  • motorcoureur
  • autocoureur
  • coureur
  • curlew
  • courlieu
  • couorlieu
Every word from Middle French coureur →