Where does “curie” come from?

curie (English) comes from French curie, from Latin curia, from Latin coviria — male community.

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Definitions

  1. 3.7×10 decays per second, as a unit of...

Ancestry of “curie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcuriecuria; curie
2Latincuriacourt; senate or meeting house; nominative plural...
3Latincoviriamale community
Every word from Latin coviria →Every word from Latin curia →Every word from French curie →