Where does “cursive” come from?
Cursive comes from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursivus, from Latin cursus (a running or course), derived from Latin curro (to run), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- (to run).
cursive (English): Running; flowing; Having successive letters...
Definitions
- Running; flowing; Having successive letters...
Ancestry of “cursive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | cursif | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cursivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “cursive”