Etymology

courtier

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Today it means: A person in attendance at a royal court. Full definition →

Middle English courteour ← Anglo-Norman corteour ← Old French cortoiier
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromcortoiier
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcorteour
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcourteour
  4. English todaycourtier

From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court + -ier.

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