Where does “Kursivschrift” come from?

Kursivschrift (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.

Kursivschrift (German): italic

Definitions

  1. italic

Ancestry of “Kursivschrift”, step by step

Kursivschrift 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 schrift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschriftwriting, script
2Middle High Germanschrift
3Old High Germanscrift
4Latinscrīptumtext; anything written, writing
5Latinscrībōto write
6Proto-Italicskreiβōto carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskreybʰ-to write
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-