Where does “courir” come from?
courir (French) comes from Latin percurrere, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
courir (French): to run; to go
Definitions
- to run; to go
Ancestry of “courir”, step by step
courir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin percurrere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | percurrere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Old French courre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | courre | Alternative form of corre; to run |