Where 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 | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “cursory”