English
kurus
Kurus comes from Turkish kuruş ‘Kurus, a subdivision of currency, equal to one…’, from German Groschen ‘grosz’, and ultimately from Latin dēnus ‘ten each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500denariusdenariusas (denarius)‘thick (penny)’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350grosse
- Germanc. 1650–presentGroschen‘grosz’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قروش
- Turkish1928–presentkuruş‘Kurus, a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira’
- Englishtodaykurus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500denariusdenariusas (denarius)‘thick (penny)’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350grosse
- Germanc. 1650–presentGroschen‘grosz’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قروش
- Turkish1928–presentkuruş‘Kurus, a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira’
- Englishtodaykurus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, cent, hundred, dick, decade, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 50 more
through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’
through Latin dēnus ‘ten each’
through Medieval Latin denarius ‘thick (penny)’
Today it means
noun A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēnus / kurus