Where does “curate” come from?
curate (Italian) comes from Italian curare, from Latin cūrō, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
curate (Italian): inflection of curare:
## second-person plural...
Definitions
- inflection of curare:
## second-person plural...
Ancestry of “curate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | curare | to treat, cure; to look after; to value; to take... |
| 2 | Latin | cūrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | cūra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |