Where does “curial” come from?
curial (Middle French) comes from Latin cūriālis, from Latin curia, from Latin coviria — male community.
Ancestry of “curial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cūriālis | — |
| 2 | Latin | curia | court; senate or meeting house; nominative plural... |
| 3 | Latin | coviria | male community |