Where does “первокурсник” come from?
первокурсник (Russian) comes from Russian курс, from Spanish curso, from Catalan cursar, from Latin curso, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
первокурсник (Russian): freshman, first-year student
Definitions
- freshman, first-year student
Ancestry of “первокурсник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | курс | course, year; course, vector; exchange rate |
| 2 | Spanish | curso | course, trajectory, route, direction; class,... |
| 3 | Catalan | cursar | To attend; to enrol |
| 4 | Latin | curso | I run around; I run hither and thither; dative... |
| 5 | Latin | currō | — |
| 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 |