Etymograph

English

concourse

Concourse comes from Latin concurrō ‘to run together’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō‘to run’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcurrōas concurrere‘to run together’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcursus
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600concours
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1662concourse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō‘to run’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcurrōas concurrere‘to run together’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcursus
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600concours
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1662concourse

Earliest quotation: 1662, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the W: “... there was only wanting the concourse of rains…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’

career, charge, carry, rush, carrier, cargo, hurry, carriage, occurrence, chariot, caricature, intercourse, carousel, corral, hurrah, recursive, cursory, recourse, carrack, 35 more

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

corridor, courier, recurrent, incursion, recursion, 20 more

through Latin currō ‘to run’

current, occur, currency, curriculum, precursor, discourse, incur, cursor, corsair, recur, hussar, courant, succour, 23 more

through Latin concurrō ‘to run together’

concurrent, concur, 1 more

Today it means

noun A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- / concourse

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