Corte

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A term indicating a cut or division in a material or surface
2. Referring to a style or manner of arrangement, particularly in relation to clothing or hair
3. Used in the context of a formal gathering or event in social settings

Etymology: The word has its roots in Latin "cohors," which meant an enclosed yard or farmstead. In Vulgar Latin it became "cohortem," and from there Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese "corte" developed the sense of a royal court, the household gathered around a ruler. The same Romance word also covers the sense of a cut or a cutting, and this is likely where the meaning of arrangement or style comes from, though the exact path from one sense to the other is less clear. The English sense of "style of arrangement" appears to be borrowed from these Romance languages rather than inherited from Latin directly.

Synonyms: court, assembly, royal court, tribunal