Latin

*corem

‘heart’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin *corem.

4 English words in this record descend from Latin *corem, most familiar first.

• core ← cuer
• encourage ← encouragen ← encoragier ← encoragier ← corage
• courage ← corage ← corage ← *corāticum
• courageous ← corajous ← corageus ← corage ← *corāticum

Etymograph / Latin *corem