Etymology

corrida

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Spanish corrida ← Old Spanish correr ← Latin currere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  3. Proto-Italic*korsō
  4. Latincurrere
  5. Old Spanishcorrer
  6. Spanishcorrer
  7. Spanishcorrida
  8. English todaycorrida

Borrowed from Spanish corrida.

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