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Where does “kuru” come from?

kuru (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kuri, from French courir, from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

kuru (Esperanto): imperative of kuri

Definitions

  1. imperative of kuri

Ancestry of “kuru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokurito run
2Frenchcourirto run; to go
3Latinpercurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—
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