Where does “korsan” come from?
korsan (Turkish) comes from Arabic قرصان, from Arabic قُرْصَان, from Italian corsale, from Medieval Latin cursarius, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
korsan (Turkish): pirate
Ancestry of “korsan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قرصان | pirate, sea-raider; pirate; cracker; hacker |
| 2 | Arabic | قُرْصَان | {{l|en|pirate}} |
| 3 | Italian | corsale | corsair |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cursarius | pirate, sea-raider; pirate, sea-raider, corsair;... |
| 5 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 6 | Latin | currō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “korsan”