Where does “hussar” come from?
Hussar comes from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár, from Italian corsaro meaning "corsair" or "raider," ultimately from Latin cursus meaning "a running or course" with the agent suffix -arius, derived from Proto-Indo-European kers- meaning "to run."
hussar (English): A member of the national cavalry of Hungary,...
Definitions
- A member of the national cavalry of Hungary,...
Ancestry of “hussar”, step by step
hussar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French hussard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hussard | hussar |
| 2 | German | Husar | hussar |
| 3 | Hungarian | huszár | hussar; knight |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | gusar | pirate, corsair |
| 5 | Italian | corsaro | privateering, pirate; a privateer, corsair |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | cursarius | pirate, sea-raider; pirate, sea-raider, corsair;... |
| 7 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 8 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Czech husar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | husar | hussar |