Where does “curseur” come from?

curseur (French) comes from Latin Cursor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

curseur (French): cursor

Definitions

  1. cursor

Ancestry of “curseur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCursorfamously held by
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “curseur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin Cursor →
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