Where does “currying” come from?
Currying derives from English curry, from English currier, from English courier, from Latin coriarius meaning leather-worker, from Latin cum meaning with.
currying (English): present participle of curry; The technique of...
Definitions
- present participle of curry; The technique of...
Ancestry of “currying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curry | One of a family of dishes originating from South... |
| 2 | Middle English | currayen | — |
| 3 | Old French | correer | To prepare |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | conredare | — |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |