Etymology

cursus

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Today it means: A course; a journey or progression. Full definition →

Latin cursus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromcursus
  2. English todaycursus

Learned borrowing from Latin cursus. Doublet of course and cour.

Words from the same roots

Latincursus all →

coursecorsaircursivehussar

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