## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman curtilage, from Old French cortillage, from cortil ('little court, enclosure'), a diminutive of cort ('court'), from Latin cohors ('enclosure, yard').

## AI Etymology
Curtilage is from Anglo-Norman curtilage, from Old French cortillage, from cortil ('little court, enclosure'), a diminutive of cort ('court'), from Latin cohors ('enclosure, yard'). The ancestry passes through Old French cortil and Latin cohors. In present use as a noun, it means "the enclosed land immediately surrounding a house", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include court and courtyard. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in court and courtyard, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

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