Etymology

courted

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Today it means: Romantically pursued; wooed. Full definition →

English court ← Middle English court ← Old French cort
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰer-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórtos
  6. Proto-Italic*hortosder.?
  7. Proto-Italic*horti-
  8. Latincohors
  9. Latincōrs
  10. Old Frenchcort
  11. Middle Englishcourt
  12. Englishcourt
  13. English todaycourted

From court + -ed.

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