English
currier
Currier comes from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius ‘tanner, currier’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorium‘animal skin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoriarius‘tanner, currier’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400corier
- Englishtodaycurrier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorium‘animal skin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoriarius‘tanner, currier’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400corier
- Englishtodaycurrier
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
short, across, share, card, cross, screen, score, cancer, shirt, circle, crucial, circuit, scare, skirt, carnival, circulation, scar, circus, cancellation, scrutiny, curve, crest, circa, shrine, corona, shear, scorpion, shred, carnage, curb, incarceration, raffle, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, circulate, carnal, 119 more
Today it means
noun A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm / currier