Etymology

curacy

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Today it means: The office or position of a curate. Full definition →

English cur(ate) ← French Curie ← Old French éscuerie
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The story

  1. Old Frenchéscuerie
  2. FrenchCurie
  3. EnglishCurie
  4. Englishcur(ium)
  5. Englishcur(ate)
  6. English todaycuracy

From cur(ate) + -acy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.