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