Where does “corsive” come from?
corsive (Italian) comes from Italian corsivo, 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.
corsive (Italian): feminine plural of corsivo
Definitions
- feminine plural of corsivo
Ancestry of “corsive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | corsivo | cursive, italic; cursive script; italics |
| 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 |