Where does “kurzivál” come from?
kurzivál (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kurzív, 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.
kurzivál (Hungarian): to italicize to put into italics
Definitions
- to italicize to put into italics
Ancestry of “kurzivál”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kurzív | italic designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century |
| 2 | German | kursiv | italic |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cursivus | — |
| 4 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 5 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |