Where does “curve” come from?
Curve comes from Latin curvus, traced through Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European sek-.
curve (English): Bent without angles; crooked; curved; A gentle...
Definitions
- Bent without angles; crooked; curved; A gentle...
Ancestry of “curve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “curve”