Where does “currywurst” come from?
currywurst (Spanish) comes from German Currywurst, from German Curry, from English curry, from Middle English currayen, from Old French correer, from Vulgar Latin conredare, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
currywurst (Spanish): currywurst
Ancestry of “currywurst”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Currywurst | currywurst; a German national dish consisting of... |
| 2 | German | Curry | curry; curry powder |
| 3 | English | curry | One of a family of dishes originating from South... |
| 4 | Middle English | currayen | — |
| 5 | Old French | correer | To prepare |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | conredare | — |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |