Etymograph

English

cursus

Cursus comes from Latin cursus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcursus1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2002cursus1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English cursus
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: “His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcursusWiktionary, English cursus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2002cursusWiktionary, English cursus. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: “His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a…”

Linked words

through Latin cursus

course, corsair, cour, coarsely, cursive, hussar, 2 more

Today it means

noun A course; a journey or progression.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cursus”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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