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
- Any channel, either natural or artificial,...
Ancestry of “watercourse”, step by step
watercourse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English course
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | course | A sequence of events; A path that something or... |
| 2 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 3 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 4 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 5 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 6 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English water
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 2 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 3 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |