Where does “course” come from?
course (Swedish) comes 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.
Ancestry of “course”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | course | run, running; race; errand |
| 2 | Old French | cours | route; course; way |
| 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 |