succor
[ suhk-er ]
/ ˈsʌk ər /
noun
help; relief; aid; assistance.
a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc.
verb (used with object)
to help or relieve.
Also
especially British,
suc·cour.
Origin of succor
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English
sucuren < Old French
suc(c)urre, socorre < Latin
succurrere to go beneath, run to help, equivalent to
suc-
suc- +
currere to run (see
current); (noun) Middle English
soc(o)ur, back formation from
sucurs (taken as plural) < Old French < Medieval Latin
succursus, equivalent to Latin
succur(rere) +
-sus, var of
-tus suffix of v. action
usage note for succor
See
-or1.