- courageous (adj.)
[courageous 词源字典]
- late 13c., from Anglo-French corageous, Old French corageus (12c., Modern French courageux), from corage (see courage). Related: Courageously; courageousness.[courageous etymology, courageous origin, 英语词源]
- gamely (adv.)
- "courageously," 1861, from game (adj.2) + -ly (2). In Old English and Middle English the adverb meant "artfully; joyfully."