Court

Morpheme

Court

Type

free base

Denotation

formal assembly, enclosure, enclosed yard, farmyard

Etymology

Middle English court; Old French cort, curt; Latin cortem, from cōrs, from cohors

Evidence

accourt, accourted, accourting, accourts, anticourt, anticourtier, backcourt, claycourt, court, courtable, courtbred, courtcraft, courted, courteous, courteously, courteousness, courter, courtesan, courtesanship, courtesied, courtesies, courtesy, courtesying, courtful, courthouse, courtier, courtier, courtierdom, courtieress, courtierism, courtierlike, courtierly, courtiership, courting, courtisan, courtisanship, courtless, courtlet, courtlike, courtling, courtly, courtnoll, courtroom, courts, courtship, courtside, courtward, courtwards, courtwear, courtyard, crosscourt, discourteous, discourtesy, downcourt, endcourt, forecourt, frontcourt, fullcourt, halfcourt, hardcourt, homecourt, midcourt, multicourt, noncourt, outcourt, overcourteous, overcourtesy, uncourteous, uncourtesy, uncourting, upcourt

Notes

court and cohort are doublets

See Also

co-, Hort, Curtsey