English
kurus
Kurus comes from Turkish kuruş ‘Kurus, a subdivision of currency, equal to one…’, from German Groschen ‘grosz’, and ultimately from Latin dēnus ‘ten each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus1‘ten each’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500denarius2denariusas (denarius)‘thick (penny)’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350grosse2
- Germanc. 1650–presentGroschen3‘grosz’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قروش4
- Turkish1928–presentkuruş3‘Kurus, a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira’
- Englishtodaykurus3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin denarius
- 2 Wiktionary, German Groschen
- 3 Wiktionary, English kurus
- 4 Wiktionary, Turkish kuruş
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnusWiktionary, Latin denarius‘ten each’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500denariusWiktionary, German Groschendenariusas (denarius)‘thick (penny)’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350grosseWiktionary, German Groschen
- Germanc. 1650–presentGroschenWiktionary, English kurus‘grosz’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قروشWiktionary, Turkish kuruş
- Turkish1928–presentkuruşWiktionary, English kurus‘Kurus, a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira’
- EnglishtodaykurusWiktionary, English kurus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, cent, hundred, dick, decade, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 49 more
through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’
through Latin dēnus ‘ten each’
through Medieval Latin denarius ‘thick (penny)’
Today it means
noun A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “kurus”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin denarius, German Groschen, Turkish kuruş. 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 / Latin dēnus / kurus