Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “curraunt” come from?

curraunt (Middle English) comes from Old French curant, from Old French courre, from Latin currere, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

Ancestry of “curraunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcurantpresent participle of corre; alternative form of...
2Old FrenchcourreAlternative form of corre; to run
3Latincurreresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “curraunt”

  • current
  • currently
  • undercurrent
  • overcurrent
  • photocurrent
  • noncurrent
  • countercurrent
  • supercurrent
  • crosscurrent
  • paleocurrent
  • uncurrent
  • microcurrent
  • downcurrent
  • upcurrent
  • subcurrent
  • currentness
  • palaeocurrent
  • thermocurrent
  • discurrent
  • multicurrent
  • Benguela Current
  • lunicurrent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →