Where does “curé” come from?
curé (French) comes from Middle French cure, from Old French cure, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
curé (French): priest bearing the responsibility of a parish; a...
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- priest bearing the responsibility of a parish; a...
Ancestry of “curé”, step by step
curé traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French cure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | cure | desire |
| 2 | Old French | cure | medical attention; worry; desire |
| 3 | Latin | cūra | care, concern, thought |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |
via Latin cūrātus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cūrātus | arranged (taken care of) |
| 2 | Latin | cūrō | to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |