Etymograph

English

concurrent

Concurrent comes from Latin concurrēns ‘concurring’, from concurrō ‘happen at the same time’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō‘run’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcurrō‘happen at the same time’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcurrēns‘concurring’present active participle of concurrō
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400concurrent
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1601same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō‘run’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcurrō‘happen at the same time’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcurrēns‘concurring’present active participle of concurrō
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400concurrent
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1601same form

Earliest quotation: 1601, Caius Plinius Secundus [i.e., (please specify |book=I to XXXVII): “Menander […] had no concurrent in his time that…”

Linked words

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

charge, career, carry, rush, cargo, carrier, hurry, carriage, chariot, intercourse, carousel, occurrence, caricature, recourse, corral, cursory, hurrah, recursive, carrack, 36 more

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

corridor, discourse, courier, incursion, recursion, 21 more

through Latin currō ‘run’

course, occur, curriculum, currency, precursor, cursor, incur, corsair, recurrent, hussar, recur, courant, succour, 24 more

through Latin concurrō ‘happen at the same time’

concourse, 2 more

Today it means

adj Happening at the same time; simultaneous.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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

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