yard, courtyard
→
court (of a sovereign)
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | court | |
Meaning 1 | courtyard | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | court (of a sovereign) | |
Reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
Comment | from Old French cort, curt with both meanings |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | cour | |
Meaning 1 | courtyard, yard | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | royal court | |
Reference | Robert historique: 922-923 | |
Comment | rom Old French cort, curt from Medieval Latin curtis |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Hof | |
Meaning 1 | courtyard | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | court (of a sovereign) | |
Reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Medieval Latin | |
Lexeme | curtis | |
Meaning 1 | courtyard | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | royal residence | |
Reference | Robert historique: 922-923 | |
Comment | from Latin cors (accusative cortem) shortening of cohors, cohortis 'court, farmyard or enclosure, retinue or escort, circle or crowd, tenth part of a legion' |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | двор | |
Meaning 1 | courtyard | На дворе никого не было There was no one in the yard |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | court (of a sovereign) | Он пользовался влиянием при дворе Екатерины II He enjoyed influence at the court of Catherine II |
Reference | Anikin RES: 12, 51 | |
Comment | Semantic borrowing from German or/and French |