Etymology

escort

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Today it means: A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission. Full definition →

French escorte ← Italian scorta
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  1. Italian · derived fromscorta
  2. French · borrowed fromescorte
  3. English todayescort

Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.