Where does “correr” come from?
correr (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese correr, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
correr (Portuguese): to run; to run away from; to flee; to speed
Definitions
- to run; to run away from; to flee; to speed
Ancestry of “correr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | correr | — |
| 2 | Latin | currō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “correr”