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Where does “corriqueiro” come from?

corriqueiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese corricar, from Portuguese correr, from Old Portuguese correr, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

corriqueiro (Portuguese): ordinary, commonplace, everyday

Definitions

  1. ordinary, commonplace, everyday

Ancestry of “corriqueiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecorricarto walk rapidly; to trot
2Portuguesecorrerto run; to run away from; to flee; to speed
3Old Portuguesecorrer—
4Latincurrō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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