Where does “cursor” come from?

Cursor comes from Latin cursor, the agent noun from Latin curro meaning "to run," ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ḱers- meaning "to run."

cursor (English): a part of any of several scientific instruments...

Definitions

  1. a part of any of several scientific instruments...

Ancestry of “cursor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCursorfamously held by
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “cursor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin Cursor →