court (of a sovereign)
→
court of law
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | court | |
Meaning 1 | court (of a sovereign) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | tribunal | |
Reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
Comment | from Old French cort, curt with both meanings |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Old French | |
Lexeme | cort, curt | |
Meaning 1 | royal court | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | assemblée d'un prince, surtout dans sa fonction de tribunal (assembly of a prince, especially in function of tribunal) | |
Reference | Robert historique: 922-923 | |
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