English
curriculum
Curriculum comes from Latin curriculum ‘course’, from currō ‘run, move quickly’, 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-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō‘run, move quickly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurriculum‘course’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same 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-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō‘to run’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō‘run, move quickly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurriculum‘course’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
Earliest quotation: 2009, Gennady Stolyarov II, Murphy on the Great Confusion: “Perhaps someday my old US history teacher, and men…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
career, charge, carry, rush, cargo, carrier, hurry, carriage, intercourse, occurrence, carousel, recourse, chariot, corral, caricature, recursive, cursory, hurrah, carrack, 34 more
through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’
discourse, corridor, courier, concurrent, recurrent, concourse, incursion, 19 more
through Latin currō ‘run, move quickly’
course, current, occur, currency, precursor, incur, corsair, concur, cursor, courant, recursion, recur, hussar, succour, 24 more
Today it means
noun The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- / curriculum