Where does “kyretti” come from?
kyretti (Finnish) comes from French curette, from French curer, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrō, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
kyretti (Finnish): curette
Definitions
- curette
Ancestry of “kyretti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | curette | curette |
| 2 | French | curer | to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing; to... |
| 3 | Old French | curer | to clean |
| 4 | Latin | cūrō | to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to |
| 5 | Latin | cūra | care, concern, thought |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |