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Where does “parkour” come from?

parkour (French) comes from French parcours, from Vulgar Latin percursus, from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

parkour (French): Free running, parkour

Definitions

  1. Free running, parkour

Ancestry of “parkour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparcoursroute, course; career; a traditional roaming or...
2Vulgar Latinpercursus
3Latinpercurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “parkour”

  • parkour
  • parkoured
  • parkour
  • パルクール
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