The story
- Italian · derived fromcortigiana
- French · borrowed fromcourtisanerie
- English todaycourtisanerie
From French courtisanerie, from Middle French, from courtisane + -erie, from Italian cortigiana, feminine of cortigiano (“courtier”), from corte (“court”).
Words from the same roots
Italiancortigiana all →
courtesan
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.