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
Ancestry of “corridor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | corridore | running; racing; runner |
| 2 | Italian | correre | to run; to hurry, rush |
| 3 | Latin | currō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “corridor”