Where does “corso” come from?
corso (Italian) comes from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
corso (Italian): course; stream, waterway; avenue
Definitions
- course; stream, waterway; avenue
Ancestry of “corso”, step by step
corso traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin cohors
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 2 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Russian курс
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | курс | course, year; course, vector; exchange rate |
| 2 | Spanish | curso | course, trajectory, route, direction; class,... |
| 3 | Catalan | cursar | To attend; to enrol |
| 4 | Latin | curso | I run around; I run hither and thither; dative... |
| 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 |
via Italian Bonaccorso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Bonaccorso | — |
| 2 | Italian | [[buono | — |