Where does “koru” come from?
koru (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قوری, from Hungarian korig, from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor — heart.
koru (Turkish): grove; accusative singular of kor; third-person...
Definitions
- grove; accusative singular of kor; third-person...
Ancestry of “koru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قوری | grove, enclosed meadow, reserved forest |
| 2 | Hungarian | korig | terminative singular of kor |
| 3 | Hungarian | kör | circle; circle, ring, company; round, lap |
| 4 | French | Cœur | heart |
| 5 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 6 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 8 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |