cortois
Old French
/kɔrˈtojs/
adj
Definitions
- noble, upper-class
- polite, well-mannered
Etymology
Suffix from Old French cort (court of a monarch).
Origin
Old French
cort
Gloss
court of a monarch
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cortem Latin
- cōrs, cōrtem, cors Latin
- cour French
- courtois French
- discourtois French
- court Middle English
- cort Old French
- corteier Old French
- curteis Old French
- curteisie Old French
- curtesie Old French
- cortois Middle Dutch
- cour Norman
- courtouais Norman
- courtouaisement Norman
- court Middle French