Etymology

Courtenay

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Today it means: A female given name. Full definition →

Latin Curtenus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromCurtenus
  2. English todayCourtenay

From Latin Curtenus, from curtus (“short”), via Norman.

Words from the same roots

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Courtney

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.