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- Latin · derived frompercurrens
- English todaypercurrent
From Latin percurrens, present participle of percurrere (“to run or pass through”), from per (“through”) + currere (“to run”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
percurrent
Today it means: Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc. Full definition →
Latin percurrens