Etymology

downcourt

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Today it means: Toward one's team's offensive basket Full definition →

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

  1. Englishdown-
  2. Latincōrs
  3. Old Frenchcort
  4. Middle Englishcourt
  5. Englishcourt
  6. English todaydowncourt

From down- + court.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.