Where does “curbstone” come from?
curbstone (English) comes from English curb, from French courbe, from Latin curbus, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
curbstone (English): US spelling of kerbstone
Definitions
- US spelling of kerbstone
Ancestry of “curbstone”, step by step
curbstone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curb | A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a... |
| 2 | French | courbe | curve; curved; bent |
| 3 | Latin | curbus | — |
| 4 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English Stone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Stone | for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from |
| 2 | Middle English | ston | Alternative form of stone |
| 3 | Old English | stān | stone, rock |
| 4 | Old Norse | Veggr | name of a dwarf |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wajjuz | wall |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wh̥₁yús | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |