köken: Inherited from Middle French discours, borrowed (with influence from cours) from Late Latin discursus (“the act of running about”) (from Latin discurrō (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + currō (“run”)). Compare English discourse.
köken: From Dutch gesprek (“conversation”), from Middle Dutch gesprec (“speaking, speech”), from Old Dutch *gisprekki, from Proto-Germanic *gasprakją. Equivalent to ge- + spreek.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Latin discurrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin discursuslbor. Polish dyskurs Learned borrowing from Latin discursus.