Where does “corrida” come from?

corrida (Galician) comes from Galician correr, from Old Portuguese correr, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

corrida (Galician): sprint, run, dash; a bullfight; landslide

Definitions

  1. sprint, run, dash; a bullfight; landslide

Ancestry of “corrida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancorrerto run
2Old Portuguesecorrer—
3Latincurrōto run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →