Etymology

cowardice

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Today it means: Lack of courage. Full definition →

Middle English cowardise ← Anglo-Norman cuardise
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The story

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcuardise
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcowardise
  3. English todaycowardice

From Middle English cowardise, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).

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