Where does “corridor” come from?

Corridor comes from French corridor, from Italian corridore, from Italian correre meaning "to run," from Latin currere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- meaning "to run."

corridor (English): A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off...

Definitions

  1. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off...

Ancestry of “corridor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcorridorpassage, corridor
2Italiancorridorerunning; racing; runner
3Italiancorrereto run; to hurry, rush
4Latincurrōto run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “corridor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →