Where does “cura” come from?
cura (Romanian) comes from German kurieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
cura (Romanian): to clean; to clear, eliminate, deforest; to cure,...
Definitions
- to clean; to clear, eliminate, deforest; to cure,...
Ancestry of “cura”, step by step
cura traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German kurieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kurieren | To cure |
| 2 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French curé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | curé | priest bearing the responsibility of a parish; a... |
| 2 | Middle French | cure | desire |
| 3 | Old French | cure | medical attention; worry; desire |
| 4 | Latin | cūra | care, concern, thought |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |
via Latin cūrāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cūrāre | — |