Where does “secourisme” come from?
secourisme (French) comes from French secours, from Old French secors, from Vulgar Latin succursum, from Latin succursus, from Latin succurrere, from Latin succurro, from Latin curro, from Proto-Italic korzō — to run.
secourisme (French): first aid
Ancestry of “secourisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | secours | aid; assistance; help |
| 2 | Old French | secors | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | succursum | nominative neuter singular of succursus;... |
| 4 | Latin | succursus | helped |
| 5 | Latin | succurrere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | succurro | I help, aid; I run to help, to run to the aid of;... |
| 7 | Latin | curro | I run; I hurry, hasten, speed; I move, travel,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korzō | to run |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |