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Where does “cursorius” come from?

cursorius (Latin) comes from Latin Cursor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

cursorius (Latin): running

Definitions

  1. running

Ancestry of “cursorius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCursor—
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “cursorius”

  • cursory
  • cursorily
  • cursoriness
  • cursoria
  • corsoio
  • cursoare
  • cursoire
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