Middle English

Noun

corage (plural corages)

1. courage
2. heart

Descendants

• English: courage

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *coraticum, a derivative of Latin cor ‎(“heart”). Compare Old Provençal coratge.

Alternative forms

• coraige

Noun

corage m ‎(oblique plural corages, nominative singular corages, nominative plural corage)

1. courage
   • circa 1200, author unknown, Des Tresces, page 1:

     Il ot une feme de grant paraige,
     Qui avoit mit tot son coraige.

     He had a noble wife,
     Who has done all she could. (literally, had put all her courage)

Related terms

• cuer

Descendants

• Catalan: coratge (borrowed)
• Middle English: corage
  • English: courage
• Middle French: corage
  • French: courage
• Norman: couothage (Jersey)
• Occitan: coratge (borrowed)
• Portuguese: coragem (borrowed)
• Spanish: coraje (borrowed)