Where does “corridor” come from?

corridor (French) comes from Italian corridore, from Italian correre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

corridor (French): passage, corridor

Definitions

  1. passage, corridor

Ancestry of “corridor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancorridorerunning; racing; runner
2Italiancorrereto run; to hurry, rush
3Latincurrōto run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “corridor”

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