Parkour etymology

English

English word parkour comes from French parcours

Etymology of parkour

Detailed word origin of parkour

Dictionary entry Language Definition
parcours French (fr) (golf) round; course. (historical) a traditional roaming or grazing right. Career. Route, course.
parkour English (en) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other similar physical movements. (transitive, intransitive) To freerun; to use parkour (to move over).