English
hussar
Hussar comes from Hungarian huszár ‘cavalryman’, and goes back to Serbo-Croatian gusar ‘corsair’.
- Serbo-Croatianmoderngusar‘corsair’
- Hungarianmodernhuszár‘cavalryman’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthussard
- Englishtodayhussar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Serbo-Croatianmoderngusar‘corsair’
- Hungarianmodernhuszár‘cavalryman’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthussard
- Englishtodayhussar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
career, charge, carry, rush, carrier, cargo, hurry, occurrence, carriage, intercourse, recourse, chariot, corral, caricature, cursory, recursive, carousel, hurrah, carrack, 34 more
through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’
corridor, courier, concurrent, recurrent, incursion, 19 more
through Latin currō ‘run’
current, occur, currency, curriculum, discourse, precursor, incur, concur, cursor, concourse, recursion, recur, courant, succour, 22 more
through Latin cursus ‘running’
course, cursive, cour, corsair, coarsely, cursus, 2 more
through Medieval Latin cursārius ‘pirate’
Today it means
noun A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbo-Croatian gusar / hussar