Does any one know from which language the word "Parkour" comes from and if so do you know the meaning?

Question

I have seen the word on several viral videos where people run around in the city and climb incredible objects by hand and jump extremlly long gaps from building to building.They are almost like human spidermen.

Answer 1

It was invented in Paris, which would make it French.



Parkour (or 'le parkour'; 'freerunning'; 'pk' or 'pking') is the sport of fluid urban movement. Invented in 1988 in the Lisses suburb of Paris by a small crew of traceurs including the ledgendary David Belle and Sebastien Foucan who recently featured in the BBC documentary 'Jump London', the sport (or art) of pk is essentially a conbination of running, athletics and acrobatics in urban environments.

It includes such techniques as the tic-tac (wall step/run); kong (a form of vault); and precision (two-foot to two-foot jump) among myriad others. Most watching traceurs pk would describe their movements as series of of actobatic techniques fluidly integrated into a continuous run from A to B, past, over under and through any obstacles in their path. However, that would be during a run (most of which are filmed, as with skaters). Most often, if you saw traceurs practicing they'd be honing individual components of their technique.

Certain individuals have chosen to explore alternative forms of parkour, such as running through traffic or passing through crowds quicky, while others, such as Team Ryouko or Xyndicate have attempted to blend pk's unique ideals with other forms of martial and athletic arts.

'want to come pk tonight?'
'i do parkour'

Answer 2

in certainty because of the fact each and every person is dumb and don't recognize Greek. the sole Apocalypse with which they have been nicely-known is the Apocalypse of John the Divine of Patmos, and so as that they assume it ability each and all the horror and destruction you come across in Revelation and so ultimately the term purely got here to intend horror and destruction because of the fact human beings have been employing it that way. exciting element-word, somewhat some words have little to no resemblance to their unique which ability. Like "stupid" initially meant "blessed" (anyone conscious of the Seiligh and Unseiligh elves?).

Answer 3

The name parkour derives from the (identically pronounced) French word, "parcours", meaning "course".

Check out these sites for more info.

Answer 4

In french you have the word parcours. It indicates the way you have taken

Example A friend wants to know the way to go to town A to town B. You look on a map and you show him the road. You wiil say : la parcours de A vers B is...