Where does “gusar” come from?
gusar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
gusar (Serbo-Croatian): pirate, corsair
Definitions
- pirate, corsair
Ancestry of “gusar”, step by step
gusar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian corsaro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | corsaro | privateering, pirate; a privateer, corsair |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cursarius | pirate, sea-raider; pirate, sea-raider, corsair;... |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Latin cursārius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cursārius | pirate, sea-raider, corsair |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Byzantine Greek χωσάριος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | χωσάριος | — |