Where does “cursist” come from?
cursist (Dutch) comes from Dutch cursus, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
cursist (Dutch): learner, student
Definitions
- learner, student
Ancestry of “cursist”, step by step
cursist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch cursus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cursus | course |
| 2 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 3 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Romanian curs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | curs | past participle of curge; past participle of... |