Where does “percursory” come from?
percursory (English) comes from Latin percursor, from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
percursory (English): Running over slightly or in haste; cursory
Definitions
- Running over slightly or in haste; cursory
Ancestry of “percursory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | percursor | striker, stabber; assassin |
| 2 | Latin | percurrere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |