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Where does “krantenkiosk” come from?

krantenkiosk (Dutch) comes from Dutch krant, from Dutch courant, from French courant, from Old French corant, from Old French corre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

krantenkiosk (Dutch): newspaper stall

Definitions

  1. newspaper stall

Ancestry of “krantenkiosk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkrantnewspaper
2Dutchcourantcurrent, prevalent, standard; currency; Archaic...
3Frenchcourantpresent participle of courir; current; current,...
4Old Frenchcorantpresent participle of corre; running; in the...
5Old Frenchcorreto run; to gallop; to travel in general
6Latincurrō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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