courtesan
English
/kɔːtɪˈzæn/, /kɔɹtɪˈzæn/, /ˈkɔɹtɪzən/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) A woman of a royal or noble court.
- (dated) The mistress of a royal or noble.
- A female prostitute, especially one with high-status or wealthy clients.
Etymology
Borrowed from French courtisane derived from Italian cortigiana derived from Latin cohors (enclosure, court, farmyard).
Origin
Latin
cohors
Gloss
enclosure, court, farmyard
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cohort English
- courtesanship English
- cohors Latin
- cohorto Latin
- cohortor Latin
- cors Latin
- cōrtem Latin
- cōrtīna Latin
- Kohorte German
- cane corso Italian
- cortigiana Italian
- cohorte French
- courtisane French
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- cohorte Old French
- cohort Catalan, Valencian
- courtisane Middle French
- curti Sicilian
- χόρτη gkm