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

  1. Bent without angles; crooked; curved; A gentle...

Ancestry of “curve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincurvusbent, crooked, curved
2Proto-Italickorwos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “curve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →