English word courteous comes from Latin cohortem, French -ois, Latin com, Latin hortus (Garden (in a Roman villa).), Proto-Indo-European *sker-, Proto-Italic *kortos, Latin cortensis
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| cohortem | Latin (lat) | |
| -ois | French (fra) | Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect. |
| com | Latin (lat) | |
| hortus | Latin (lat) | Garden (in a Roman villa). |
| *sker- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | cut, to turn, bend, to bend, turn, shear, to twist, bend, dung, manure |
| *kortos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
| cortensis | Latin (lat) | |
| curta | Latin (lat) | |
| cors | Latin (lat) | (military) company, division, cohort. (military) troop of cavalry. Crowd, multitude, throng. Enclosure, yard, pen. Retinue of a praetor. The multitude. |
| curt | Old French (fro) | (Anglo-Norman). |
| cortois | Old French (fro) | Noble, upper-class. Polite, well-mannered. |
| curteis | Old French (fro) | (Anglo-Norman). |
| courteous | English (eng) | Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette. |