Where does “curteis” come from?
curteis (Middle English) comes from Old French curteis, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
curteis (Middle English): noble; courtly
Definitions
- noble; courtly
Ancestry of “curteis”, step by step
curteis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French curteis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | curteis | Alternative form of cortois |
| 2 | Old French | cort | court |
| 3 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 4 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 5 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Old French corteis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | corteis | court |
| 2 | Old French | -eis | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 4 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 5 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Anglo-Norman curteis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | curteis | Alternative form of cortois |