Where does “percorso” come from?

percorso (Italian) comes from Latin percursus, from Latin percurrō, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

percorso (Italian): distance

Definitions

  1. distance

Ancestry of “percorso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpercursus
2Latinpercurrōto run, hasten or pass through, traverse, pass or run over or along; stroke
3Latincurrōto run
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-
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