English
corridor
Corridor comes from French corridor ‘corridor, passage’, from Italian correre ‘to run’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tireconstructedzero-grade thematic present of *ḱers-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrere
- Italianc. 1300–presentcorrere‘to run’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcorridore‘long passage’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcorridor‘corridor, passage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1915same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-‘to run’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥s-é-tireconstructedzero-grade thematic present of *ḱers-
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrere
- Italianc. 1300–presentcorrere‘to run’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentcorridore‘long passage’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcorridor‘corridor, passage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1915same form
Earliest quotation: 1915, George A. Birmingham pseudonym; James Ow, New York: “There is an hour or two, after the passengers…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
career, charge, carry, rush, cargo, hurry, carrier, occurrence, carriage, intercourse, carousel, recourse, chariot, caricature, recursive, hurrah, cursory, corral, carrack, 34 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥s-é-ti
discourse, concurrent, recurrent, incursion, concourse, 7 more
through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’
course, current, occur, currency, curriculum, incur, precursor, concur, cursor, recursion, recur, corsair, courant, hussar, succour, 24 more
through Italian correre ‘to run’
Today it means
noun A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- / corridor