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Course

4 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the path or direction something follows, or a series of lessons on a subject
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Stage 1 of 4
currere
Latin · ancient
"to run"
to run
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Stage 2 of 4
cursus
Latin · ancient
"a running, a route"
a running, a route, from currere
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Stage 3 of 4
cours
Old French · medieval
"a path or sequence of events"
carried into French for a path or sequence of events
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Stage 4 of 4
course
English · 1200s
"a path taken, or a series of lessons on a subject"
settled as the English word for a path taken, or a series of lessons
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