Where does “curette” come from?
curette (French) comes from French curer, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrō, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
Ancestry of “curette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | curer | to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing; to... |
| 2 | Old French | curer | to clean; to treat , to care , to heal |
| 3 | Latin | cūrō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cūra | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |
Words derived from “curette”