Where does “Cursor” come from?

Cursor (German) comes from English cursor, from Latin Cursor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Cursor (German): cursor icon of a pointing device

Definitions

  1. cursor icon of a pointing device

Ancestry of “Cursor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcursora part of any of several scientific instruments...
2LatinCursorfamously held by
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin Cursor →