Etymograph

English

incurrent

Incurrent comes from Latin incurrēns ‘invading’, from incurrō ‘run into, towards or upon’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-.

  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 CEincurrō‘run into, towards or upon’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincurrēns‘invading’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2012incurrent

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 CEincurrō‘run into, towards or upon’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEincurrēns‘invading’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2012incurrent

Earliest quotation: 2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies: “In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity,…”

Linked words

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

charge, career, carry, rush, cargo, carrier, hurry, carriage, chariot, carousel, intercourse, recourse, occurrence, caricature, corral, cursory, hurrah, recursive, carrack, 35 more

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

corridor, discourse, courier, concourse, concurrent, 20 more

through Latin currō ‘run’

course, occur, curriculum, currency, precursor, corsair, cursor, concur, recurrent, courant, recursion, hussar, succour, recur, 23 more

through Latin incurrō ‘run into, towards or upon’

incursion, 1 more

Today it means

adj Carrying inward; relating to an inward current.

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

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