Etymology

cane corso

Today it means: A dog of an Italian breed valued as a companion, guardian and hunter. Full definition →

Italian cane corso ← Latin cohors
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcohors“farmyard; enclosure”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromcane corso
  3. English todayCane Corso

From Italian cane corso (literally “Corsican dog”), with adjective corso being more likely derived from Latin cohors (“farmyard; enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.