Etymology

curb

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Today it means: A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand). Full definition →

Middle French courbe ← Latin curvus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcurvus“bent, crooked, curved”
  2. Middle French · derived fromcourbe“curve, curved object”
  3. English todaycurb

From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.