Inherited
from
Latin
c?rtem
, from
cohors, cohortem
. Compare
Occitan
cort
,
French
court
.
Doublet
of
cohort
, a borrowing.
cort
f
(
plural
corts
)
- pen
,
stable
,
sty
(
enclosure for livestock
)
- (
by extension
)
sty
(
dirty place
)
- court
(
residence of a sovereign
)
- court
(
body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign
)
- court
,
courthouse
(
place where justice is administered
)
- Synonym:
tribunal
- court
(
tribunal established for the administration of justice
)
- Synonym:
tribunal
From
Latin
curtus
.
cort
- short
cort
- Alternative form of
court
From
Latin
c?rtem
, earlier
cohortem
.
cort
oblique singular
,
f
(
oblique plural
corz
or
cortz
,
nominative singular
cort
,
nominative plural
corz
or
cortz
)
- court
(
of a monarch
)
cort
f
(
plural
cortes
)
- Apocopic
form of
corte
;
court
(
retinue of a monarch
)
c.
1200
, Almerich,
Fazienda de Ultramar
,
f. 51v
:
[
…
]
e fue re? de tr?a de iudea. ? de tr?a de isr?. e de ihr?m e de ?amaria e fazia cadaun dia grat e?pen?a e tenia g?nt
cort
.
-
[
…
]
And he was king of the land of Judah and of the land of Israel, and of Jerusalem and of Samaria. And every day he incurred great expense and had a numerous
court
.
Borrowed
from
Greek
κ?ρτη
(
korti
)
, ultimately from
Latin
cors
or
cohors
. Doublet of the inherited
curte
, as well as the later borrowing
cohort?
.
cort
n
(
plural
corturi
)
- tent