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
- ordinary, commonplace, everyday
Ancestry of “corriqueiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | corricar | to walk rapidly; to trot |
| 2 | Portuguese | correr | to run; to run away from; to flee; to speed |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | correr | — |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |