Where does “Zivilcourage” come from?

Zivilcourage (German) comes from German Courage, from French courage, from Middle French corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin coraticum, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

Zivilcourage (German): moral courage

Definitions

  1. moral courage

Ancestry of “Zivilcourage”, step by step

Zivilcourage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Courage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanCouragecourage, guts, initiative; vulva; vagina
2Frenchcouragecourage; API !; chin up! keep going! take heart!
3Middle Frenchcorage—
4Old Frenchcoragecourage
5Vulgar Latincoraticum—
6Latincorheart; soul, mind
7Proto-Italickordheart
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via German Zivil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZivilplain clothes
2Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
3Latincīvīlis—
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis—
6Proto-Indo-European-elis—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →