Etymograph

English

incurrent

Incurrent comes from Latin incurrēns ‘invading’, from incurrō ‘run into, towards or upon’, and ultimately from 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‘run’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincurrō2‘run into, towards or upon’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincurrēns2‘invading’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2012incurrent2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin curro
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English incurrent
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies: “In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity,…”.

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, English incurrent‘run’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincurrōWiktionary, English incurrent‘run into, towards or upon’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEincurrēnsWiktionary, English incurrent‘invading’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2012incurrentWiktionary, English incurrent. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies: “In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity,…”

Linked words

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

charge, career, carry, rush, cargo, carrier, hurry, carriage, chariot, carousel, intercourse, recourse, occurrence, caricature, corral, cursory, hurrah, recursive, carrack, 35 more

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

corridor, discourse, courier, concourse, concurrent, 20 more

through Latin currō ‘run’

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

through Latin incurrō ‘run into, towards or upon’

incursion, 1 more

Today it means

adj Carrying inward; relating to an inward current.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “incurrent”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin curro. 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- / incurrent

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