Succor is help given to somebody in difficulty. Give succor, seek succor, succor to the wounded.
It is formal and literary, and it belongs to relief given in real distress rather than ordinary assistance. Britain spells it succour, and giving succour to an enemy is an old and serious accusation.
1nounsuccorHelp given to somebody in difficulty.
“The village offered food and succor to families fleeing the war.”
succor is a help.
Also accepted in games: succour
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱers-
Latin
succurro — to run to the help of
Medieval Latin
succursus
Old French
secors
Anglo-Norman
socurs
Middle English
socour
English
succour
English, today
succor
Built from
succour The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus, from Latin succurro (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currō (“run”). The verb is derived from Middle English socouren (“to help”), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurro.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA