Etymology

courageous

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Today it means: Of a person, displaying or possessing courage. Full definition →

Middle English corajous ← Old French corageus
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromcorageus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcorajous
  3. English todaycourageous

From Middle English corajous, from Old French corageus, from corage + -eus.

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