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cort (n.)[cort 词源字典]: obsolete form of court.[cort etymology, cort origin, 英语词源]
cortege (n.): 1640s, "train of attendants," from French cortège (16c.), from Italian corteggio "retinue," from corte "court," from Latin cohortem (see court (n.)).
cortes (n.): 1660s, legislative houses of Spain or Portugal, from Spanish and Portuguese plural of corte, from Latin cortem (see court (n.)).
cortex (n.): 1650s, "outer shell, husk," from Latin cortex "bark of a tree" (see corium). Specifically of the brain, first recorded 1741.
cortical (adj.): 1670s, from Modern Latin corticalis, from cortex "bark of a tree" (see cortex).
corticosteroid (n.): by 1945, from cortico-, word-forming element from comb. form of Latin cortex "bark of a tree" (see cortex), applied since c. 1890 to various surface structures of plants, animals, or organs + steroid. So called because they are produced in the adrenal cortex. Related: Corticosterone.
cortisol (n.): hydrocortisone, 1953, from cortisone + -ol.
cortisone (n.): 1949, coined by its discoverer, Dr. Edward C. Kendall, shortening of chemical name, 17-hydroxy-11 dehydrocorticosterone, ultimately from Latin corticis (genitive of cortex; see cortex). So called because it was obtained from the "cortex" of adrenal glands; originally called Compound E (1936).
corundum (n.): "very hard mineral," 1728, from Anglo-Indian, from Tamil kurundam "ruby sapphire" (Sanskrit kuruvinda), which is of unknown origin.
coruscate (v.): 1705, from Latin coruscatus, past participle of coruscare "to vibrate, glitter," perhaps from PIE *(s)ker- (2) "leap, jump about" (compare scherzo). Related: Coruscated; coruscating.
coruscation (n.): late 15c., from Latin coruscationem (nominative coruscatio), noun of action from past participle stem of coruscare "to vibrate, glitter" (see coruscate).
corvee (n.): mid-14c., "day's unpaid labor due to a lord by vassals under French feudal system" (abolished 1776), from Old French corvee (12c.), from Late Latin corrogata (opera) "requested work," from fem. past participle of Latin corrogare, from com- "with" (see com-) + rogare "to ask" (see rogation).
corvette (n.): 1630s, also corvet, from French corvette "small, fast frigate" (15c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch korver "pursuit ship," or Middle Low German korf meaning both a kind of boat and a basket, or from Latin corbita (navis) "slow-sailing ship of burden, grain ship" from corbis "basket" (Gamillscheg is against this). The U.S. sports car was so named September 1952, after the warship, on a suggestion by Myron Scott, employee of Campbell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Italian corvetta, Spanish corbeta are French loan-words.
Corydon: traditional poetic name for a shepherd or rustic swain, from Latin Corydon, from Greek Korydon, name of a shepherd in Theocritus and Virgil.
coryza (n.): 1630s, from medical Latin, from Greek koryza "running at the nose."
cosa nostra: 1963, "the Mafia in America," from Italian, literally "this thing of ours."
cosecant (n.): 1706, from co, short for complement, + secant.
cosh (n.): "stout stick," 1869, of unknown origin.
cosher (n.): 1630s, phonetic spelling of Irish coisir "feast, entertainment."
cosign (v.): also co-sign, by 1944, from co- + sign (v.). Related: Cosigned; cosigning.