Where does “secourir” come from?
secourir (Middle French) comes from Old French secorre, from Latin succurrō, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
secourir (Middle French): to succor; to help out
Definitions
- to succor; to help out
Ancestry of “secourir”, step by step
secourir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French secorre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | secorre | to help; to assist |
| 2 | Latin | succurrō | to help, aid, succor |
| 3 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Latin succurrere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | succurrere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | succurro | I help, aid; I run to help, to run to the aid of;... |
| 3 | Latin | curro | I run; I hurry, hasten, speed; I move, travel,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korzō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |