Etymograph

English

cours

Cours comes from French cours ‘course (of events)’, and goes back to Latin cursus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcursus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cours‘course, way’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘course (of events)’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcursus
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cours‘course, way’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘course (of events)’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From French cours in analogy to Japanese クール (kūru), originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for example) but later reanalyzed as a plural form.

Linked words

through Latin cursus

cursive, corsair, hussar, cursus, 4 more

through Old French cours ‘course, way’

coarsely, 2 more

Today it means

noun three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.

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

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