courtship
English
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)tʃɪp/
noun
Definitions
- The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.
- The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage or other romantic relationship.
- Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
- Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.
Etymology
Suffix from English court (woo).
Origin
English
court
Gloss
woo
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accourt English
- anticourt English
- backcourt English
- ballcourt English
- claycourt English
- court English
- court-ridden English
- courtable English
- courtbred English
- courtcraft English
- courter English
- courtest English
- courteth English
- courtful English
- courthouse English
- courtless English
- courtlet English
- courtlike English
- courtling English
- courtly English
- courtroom English
- courtside English
- courtyard English
- crosscourt English
- downcourt English
- e-court English
- endcourt English
- forecourt English
- frontcourt English
- fullcourt English
- halfcourt English
- hardcourt English
- homecourt English
- midcourt English
- multicourt English
- noncourt English
- outcourt English
- precourtship English
- upcourt English
- корт Russian
- kort Polish
- cort, curt Old French
- korto Esperanto
- कोर्ट Hindi
- kort Turkish
- 大葛樓 Chinese
- korti Swahili
- kot Tok Pisin
- kotu Hausa
- krutu Sranan Tongo
- court
- accourt
- e-court
- courter
- courtly
- upcourt
- courtlet
- courtest
- courteth
- midcourt
- courtful
- noncourt
- outcourt
- endcourt
- courtless
- forecourt
- downcourt
- backcourt
- ballcourt
- homecourt
- halfcourt
- anticourt
- courtlike
- courtside
- courtable
- courtroom
- hardcourt
- courtling
- courtbred
- claycourt
- fullcourt
- courtyard
- multicourt
- frontcourt
- crosscourt
- courthouse
- courtcraft
- precourtship
- court-ridden