Etymology

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Today it means: The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. Full definition →

Middle English curraunt ← Old French curant ← Latin currere
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current · noun, adjective1

  1. Latin · derived fromcurrere“to run”
  2. Old French · derived fromcurant
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcurraunt
  4. English todaycurrent

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

Current · proper noun2

Probably a variant of Currant.

Words from the same roots

Latincurrere all →

succour

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