Where does “curbură” come from?

curbură (Romanian) comes from French courbure, from French courber, from Latin curvo, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

curbură (Romanian): curvature

Definitions

  1. curvature

Ancestry of “curbură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcourburecurvature
2Frenchcourberto bend; to bow, to bow down, to bend down, to...
3LatincurvoI crook, bend, bow, curve; dative/ablative...
4Latincurvusbent, crooked, curved
5Proto-Italickorwos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-