Where does “cœur” come from?

cœur (Norman) comes from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cœur (Norman): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “cœur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcuerheart
2Vulgar Latin*corem—
3Latincorheart; soul, mind
4Proto-Italickordheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →