Where does “curo” come from?
curo (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.
curo (Italian): first-person singular present of curare
Definitions
- first-person singular present of curare
Ancestry of “curo”, 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 |