## Etymology
From Middle English socour, from Old French sucurs, from Medieval Latin succursus, from Latin succurrere ('to run to help'), from sub- ('up to') + currere ('to run').

## AI Etymology
Succor comes from Middle English socour, from Old French sucurs, from Medieval Latin succursus, from Latin succurrere ('to run to help'), from sub- ('up to') + currere ('to run'). The historical chain includes Latin sub, Latin currere, and Proto-Indo-European *kers-. The quoted older senses, "to run to help", "up to", and "to run", supply the semantic anchors for succor. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word succor carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "assistance and relief in time of distress; to give such aid". English derivatives include succorer and succorless; related English forms include succour, course, recur, and occur. The result is a noun and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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