Where does “cursus” come from?
Cursus comes from Latin cursus, the past participle of Latin curro, both ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-, meaning to run.
cursus (English): A course; a journey or progression; A long ditch...
Definitions
- A course; a journey or progression; A long ditch...
Ancestry of “cursus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 2 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “cursus”