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Where does “corage” come from?

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

corage (Old French): courage

Definitions

  1. courage

Ancestry of “corage”, step by step

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

Words derived from “corage”

  • courage
  • encourage
  • encouraging
  • courageous
  • discourage
  • discouraging
  • discouragement
  • courageously
  • encouragingly
  • encourager
  • discouragingly
  • couraged
  • courageousness
  • discourager
  • encourageth
  • unencouraging
  • uncourageous
  • unencouragingly
  • uncourageously
  • discourageth
  • reencourage
  • encouragest
  • encourageable
  • courageless
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