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Concourse

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a large open area for crowds to gather, especially in a station or terminal
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Stage 1 of 3
concurrere
Latin · ancient
"to run together"
to run together, from com- (together) and currere (to run)
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Stage 2 of 3
concursus
Latin · ancient
"a running together, a gathering"
a running together, a gathering, from concurrere
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Stage 3 of 3
concourse
English · 1400s
"a large open area where crowds gather, or a crowd itself"
settled as the English word for a large open area where crowds gather
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