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Where does “corage” come from?

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

Ancestry of “corage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoragecourage
2Vulgar Latincoraticum—
3Latincorheart; soul, mind
4Proto-Italickordheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “corage”

  • Courage
  • kurázsi
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