Where does “kuriero” come from?
kuriero (Ido) comes from German kurier, from Middle High German kurier, from French courrier, from Old French corier, from Italian corriere, from Italian correre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
kuriero (Ido): messenger, courier
Definitions
- messenger, courier
Ancestry of “kuriero”, step by step
kuriero traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German kurier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kurier | singular imperative of kurieren; first-person... |
| 2 | Middle High German | kurier | — |
| 3 | French | courrier | messenger, courier; mail |
| 4 | Old French | corier | — |
| 5 | Italian | corriere | messenger; courier; plover |
| 6 | Italian | correre | to run; to hurry, rush |
| 7 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English courier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | courier | a person who looks after and guides tourists; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | corour | — |
| 3 | Old French | coreor | runner |
| 4 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 5 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via French coursier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coursier | steed; courier, messenger |
| 2 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |