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Where does “cursoire” come from?

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

cursoire (Middle French): rapid

Definitions

  1. rapid

Ancestry of “cursoire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincursoriusrunning
2LatinCursor—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “cursoire”

  • cursory
  • cursorily
  • cursoriness
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