Etymology Explorer › EnglishWhere does “cursory” come from? Cursory comes from Middle French cursoire, from Latin cursorius, an adjective form of cursor, from Latin curro meaning to run, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-.
cursory (English): hasty; superficial; careless; Running about; not...
Definitions hasty; superficial; careless; Running about; not... Ancestry of “cursory”, step by step Step Language Word Meaning 1 Middle French cursoire rapid 2 Latin cursorius running 3 Latin Cursor famously held by 4 Latin -tor -er 5 Proto-Italic -tōr Forms agent nouns to verb stems 6 Proto-Indo-European -tōr Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... 7 Proto-Indo-European -tor-s —
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