Where does “curând” come from?
curând (Romanian) comes from Latin currendo, from Latin currendus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
curând (Romanian): soon; gerund of cure
Ancestry of “curând”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | currendo | dative masculine singular of currendus; dative... |
| 2 | Latin | currendus | which is to be run; which is to be travelled... |
| 3 | Latin | currō | — |
| 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 |