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Where does “sausage kerb” come from?

sausage kerb (English) comes from English kerb, from English curb, from French courbe, from Latin curbus, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.

sausage kerb (English): A type of kerbing and speed bumps found on...

Definitions

  1. A type of kerbing and speed bumps found on...

Ancestry of “sausage kerb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkerbThe edge between the pavement and the roadway,...
2EnglishcurbA concrete margin along the edge of a road; a...
3Frenchcourbecurve; curved; bent
4Latincurbus—
5Latincurvusbent, crooked, curved
6Proto-Italickorwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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