socorro
/soˈkoro/ · B1 · noun · m
relief
🛟 socorro hides corro (I run): help is someone running to you
From Latin succurrere, sub (under, toward) + currere (to run), meaning to run to someone's aid. Spanish corro, I run, comes from the same root, so a shout of ¡socorro! is a call for someone to come running.