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

  1. cursive character, cursive letter

Ancestry of “Kursivbuchstabe”, step by step

Kursivbuchstabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kursiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankursivitalic
2Medieval Latincursivus
3LatincursusThe act of running; race; Course, way, passage,...
4Latincurrōto run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via German Buchstabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBuchstabeletter
2Middle High Germanbuochstabe
3Old High Germanbuohstaboletter, writing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-
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