cure

cure · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromcura“care, medical attendance, cure”
2. Old French · derived fromcure“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcure
4. English todaycure

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.

cure · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromcūrāre
2. Old French · derived fromcurer
3. Middle English · inherited fromcuren
4. English todaycure

From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced Old English ġehǣlan, whence Modern English heal.

cure · noun³

From curiosity.

Cure · proper noun⁴

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, reduced from McClure. Also compare McIver. * As an English surname, from the noun cure.