course

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A series of lessons or classes on a particular subject.

   I took a course in basket weaving.

2. 2
   noun

   One part of a meal served at one time.

   They prepared a three-course meal.

3. 3
   noun

   A plan or way of doing something.

   If you continue on that course, you will surely fail.

4. 4
   noun

   The direction something moves in.

   The river takes a southern course toward the sea.

5. 5
   noun

   An area of land laid out for a sport such as golf or racing.

   The course had only nine holes.

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Simplified etymology

Course entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately comes from Latin currere, “to run.” It originally referred to something that one runs along.

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

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