Where does “occur” come from?
I need to work through this chain carefully, noting that it appears to have some issues (like the progression from Latin curro back to PIE ḱers-, and the jump to Ancient Greek βέλος, which seem disconnected).
However, following the instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and not invent steps, I should trace the clearest path:
English occur derives from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurro (to run toward, meet), from Latin curro (to run), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ḱers- (to run).
Let me construct the one-sentence summary:
Occur derives from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurro meaning to run toward, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- meaning to run.
Word count: 24 words. I need 25-45.
Occur derives from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occur
occur (English): To happen or take place; To present or offer...
Definitions
- To happen or take place; To present or offer...
Ancestry of “occur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | occurrer | to occur; to happen; to take place |
| 2 | Latin | occurrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 4 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
Words derived from “occur”