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Where does “watercourse” come from?

Watercourse comes from English water and English course, with course deriving from Old English and Latin cursus, from Latin curro meaning "to run," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-.

watercourse (English): Any channel, either natural or artificial,...

Definitions

  1. Any channel, either natural or artificial,...

Ancestry of “watercourse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcourseA sequence of events; A path that something or...
2Frenchcoursstream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,...
3GermanKurscourse; exchange rate, market price
4Italiancorsocourse; stream, waterway; avenue
5Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
6Latinco-allomorph of con-
7Latincōn-—
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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