Etymograph

English

excur

Excur comes from Latin excurro ‘to run out’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-1‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-ti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō1‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō2‘to run’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcurro3‘to run out’
  6. Englishtodayexcur3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin curro
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin excurro
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English excur

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-Wiktionary, Latin curro‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tiWiktionary, Latin curroreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzōWiktionary, Latin curro‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrōWiktionary, Latin excurro‘to run’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcurroWiktionary, English excur‘to run out’
  6. EnglishtodayexcurWiktionary, English excur

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’

career, charge, carry, rush, carrier, cargo, carriage, hurry, intercourse, occurrence, chariot, carousel, recourse, corral, caricature, hurrah, recursive, cursory, carrack, 33 more

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

corridor, discourse, courier, concurrent, recurrent, concourse, incursion, 18 more

through Latin currō ‘to run’

course, current, currency, occur, curriculum, precursor, corsair, incur, concur, cursor, courant, recursion, hussar, succour, recur, 23 more

Today it means

verb To digress.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “excur”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin curro, Latin excurro. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- / excur

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