Where does “corsaire” come from?
corsaire (French) comes from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
corsaire (French): privateer; corsair; private
Definitions
- privateer; corsair; private
Ancestry of “corsaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | corsaro | privateering, pirate; a privateer, corsair |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cursarius | pirate, sea-raider; pirate, sea-raider, corsair;... |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “corsaire”