Where does “incurbare” come from?
incurbare (Romanian) comes from Romanian incurba, from French incurver, from Latin incurvō, from Latin curvo, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
incurbare (Romanian): curvature, curving
Definitions
- curvature, curving
Ancestry of “incurbare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | incurba | to bend into a curve |
| 2 | French | incurver | to bend into a curve |
| 3 | Latin | incurvō | to bend inwards, bow, curve |
| 4 | Latin | curvo | I crook, bend, bow, curve; dative/ablative... |
| 5 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |