courtoisie

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French cortoisie, from cortois (“courteous”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cortensis (“related to the court”).

Noun

courtoisie f (plural courtoisies)

1. courtesy

Further reading

• “courtoisie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.