yard, courtyard
→
court (of a sovereign)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |