Where does “curar” come from?
curar (Venetian) comes from Latin curare, from Latin curo, from Latin cura, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
curar (Venetian): to cure; to clean
Ancestry of “curar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | curare | present active infinitive of cūrō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | curo | I arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look... |
| 3 | Latin | cura | care, concern, thought; trouble, solicitude;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |