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English word court comes from Latin cohortem, Proto-Indo-European *kor-, Latin com, Latin hortus (Garden (in a Roman villa).), Proto-Italic *kortos

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cohortem (Latin)

*kor- (Proto-Indo-European)

com (Latin)

hortus (Latin)

Garden (in a Roman villa).

*kortos (Proto-Italic)

curta (Latin)

cors (Latin)

(military) company, division, cohort. (military) troop of cavalry. Crowd, multitude, throng. Enclosure, yard, pen. Retinue of a praetor. The multitude.

curt (Old French)

(Anglo-Norman).

court (English)

(US, Australia) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.. (social) Royal society.. (social) The administration of law.. (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.. A tribunal established for the administration of justice.. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered [...]

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