courtoisie

French

Etymology

From Old French cortoisie, from cortois (“courteous”), from Latin cortensis (“related to the court”).

Noun

courtoisie f (plural courtoisies)

courtesy

Further reading

“courtoisie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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