courteous

Words with a similar base: courteous

'courteous'

[courteous.s.01] as in: exhibiting courtesy and politeness

'courteous'

[courteous.a.02] as in: characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; -Francis Bacon

Examples:
if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world

Origins

					courteous (English)
└── courteous (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── cort (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        ├── cors (Latin)
        └── cortem (Latin)

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