Where does “kuradik” come from?
kuradik (Volapük) comes from Volapük kurad, from English courage, from Middle English corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin coraticum, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.
kuradik (Volapük): courageous, valiant
Ancestry of “kuradik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Volapük | kurad | valor, courage |
| 2 | English | courage | The quality of being confident, not afraid or... |
| 3 | Middle English | corage | courage; heart |
| 4 | Old French | corage | courage |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | coraticum | — |
| 6 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |