| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | kers- |
| DEFINITION: | To run. Oldest form * ers-, becoming *kers- in centum languages. Zero-grade form *k s-. 1. corral, corrida, corrido, corridor, corsair, courante, courier, course, current, cursive, cursor, curule; concourse, concur, decurrent, discourse, excursion, hussar, incur, intercourse, kraal, occur, percurrent, precursor, recourse, recur, succor, from Latin currere, to run. 2. Suffixed form *ks-o-. a. car, career, cargo, caricature, cariole, cark, caroche, carry, charge, chariot; discharge, from Latin carrus, a two-wheeled wagon; b. carpenter, from Latin carpentum, a two-wheeled carriage. Both a and b from Gaulish carros, a wagon, cart. (Pokorny 2. ers- 583.) |
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