Encouragement
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Middle English (formerly also as incourage ): from French encourager, from en- ‘in’ + corage ‘courage’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Middle French encoragement.
etymonline
encouragement (n.)
1560s, from encourage + -ment, or from French encoragement.
As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. [Hawthorne, "House of Seven Gables"]
