Etymology

cursory

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Today it means: Hasty or superficial. Full definition →

Middle French cursoire ← Latin cursorius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcursorius“hasty, of a race or running”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromcursoire“rapid”
  3. English todaycursory

Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).

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