Where does “socours” come from?
socours (Middle English) 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.
socours (Middle English): aid, assistance, help; encouragement; support;...
Definitions
- aid, assistance, help; encouragement; support;...
Ancestry of “socours”, step by step
socours traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French secours
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Anglo-Norman socurs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | socurs | — |