Where does “korridor” come from?
korridor (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Italian corridore, from Italian correre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
korridor (Norwegian Bokmål): corridor
Definitions
- corridor
Ancestry of “korridor”, step by step
korridor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian corridore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | corridore | running; racing; runner |
| 2 | Italian | correre | to run; to hurry, rush |
| 3 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Spanish corredor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | corredor | corridor, hall; pass, passageway; running |
| 2 | Spanish | -dor | Forms nouns and adjectives from verbs. The vowel... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |