Where does “curer” come from?

curer (French) comes from Old French curer, from Latin cūrō, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.

curer (French): to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing; to...

Definitions

  1. to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing; to...

Ancestry of “curer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcurerto clean
2Latincūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to
3Latincūracare, concern, thought
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeys-to see; to heed
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷey-to pay; to avenge

Words derived from “curer”

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