English

course

/kɔːs/
A sequence of events.

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    Origin

    From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishcours
      • borrowedOld Frenchcours
        • inheritedLatincursus “running”
          • partLatincurrō “to run”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*korzō
          • partLatin-tus “action noun-forming suffix”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-tus
              • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-tus
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-tos
              • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-tós
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-tuHts
    • rootProto-Indo-European*ḱers- “to run”

    Related: English cour (doublet), English cursus (doublet)

    Words built on it: on course

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