Where does “curio” come from?

curio (English) comes from English curiosity, from Middle English curiosite, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin cūriōsitātem.

curio (English): A strange and interesting object; something that...

Definitions

  1. A strange and interesting object; something that...

Ancestry of “curio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcuriosityInquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn...
2Middle Englishcuriosite—
3Anglo-Normancuriouseté—
4Latincūriōsitātem—

Words derived from “curio”

Every word from Latin cūriōsitātem →Every word from Anglo-Norman curiouseté →Every word from Middle English curiosite →