Where does “supracursă” come from?
supracursă (Romanian) comes from Romanian cursă, from French course, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
supracursă (Romanian): overtravel
Definitions
- overtravel
Ancestry of “supracursă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cursă | race; trap, ambush; snare |
| 2 | French | course | run, running; race; errand |
| 3 | Old French | cours | route; course; way |
| 4 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 5 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |