court (of a sovereign)
→
court of law
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||