Where does “Kursivbuchstabe” come from?
Kursivbuchstabe (German) comes from German kursiv, from Medieval Latin cursivus, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Kursivbuchstabe (German): cursive character, cursive letter
Definitions
- cursive character, cursive letter
Ancestry of “Kursivbuchstabe”, step by step
Kursivbuchstabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kursiv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kursiv | italic |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cursivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via German Buchstabe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Buchstabe | letter |
| 2 | Middle High German | buochstabe | — |
| 3 | Old High German | buohstabo | letter, writing |