Courser unit name origins.

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

What is the actual origins of Civ6: GS Medieval Lightcavalry?
A. A type of knight horse.
B. Byzantine light cavalry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_army_(Komnenian_era)#Koursores

Just found this 'Koursores' and this one appears to sound very similar to Coursers and is also lightcav. and did the Koursores / Coursers also origins of the term Hussars which refers to Early modern Ultralight cavalry of the Hungarian origin which later spun off local variants elsewhere including Continental Americas.

 

[pokiehl]

The Wikipedia article which I found immediately after Googling seems to explain this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courser_(horse)

 

[Naokaukodem]

Well in French "course" is a pretty common word that means running against opponent or against time. (and "faire ses courses" = shopping) In the familiar language it even means "chase". So I never asked myself the question since light cavalry are meant to chase the retreaters.

 

[Leyrann]

Well in French "course" is a pretty common word that means running against opponent or against time. (and "faire ses courses" = shopping) In the familiar language it even means "chase". So I never asked myself the question since light cavalry are meant to chase the retreaters.

I had this unconscious association as well, even though I don't know French. Does it work in English as well? Because in that case it was probably just part of my passive vocabulary.