Where does “kurbo” come from?

kurbo (Esperanto) comes from French courbe, from Latin curbus, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

kurbo (Esperanto): curve

Definitions

  1. curve

Ancestry of “kurbo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcourbecurve; curved; bent
2Latincurbus—
3Latincurvusbent, crooked, curved
4Proto-Italickorwos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “kurbo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →