Where does “socorro” come from?
socorro (Portuguese) comes from English Socorro, from Spanish socorro, from Vulgar Latin succursum, from Latin succursus, from Latin succurrere, from Latin succurro, from Latin curro, from Proto-Italic korzō — to run.
socorro (Portuguese): help!; succour
Ancestry of “socorro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Socorro | — |
| 2 | Spanish | socorro | help!, mayday!; relief; help, aid |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | succursum | nominative neuter singular of succursus;... |
| 4 | Latin | succursus | helped |
| 5 | Latin | succurrere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | succurro | I help, aid; I run to help, to run to the aid of;... |
| 7 | Latin | curro | I run; I hurry, hasten, speed; I move, travel,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | korzō | to run |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |