"horse" + "course" + "car" + "hurry"
words that all have to do with running
2025-03-28 11:42 // updated 2026-03-02 17:44
4 words: all have to do with running, but not "curry" (in the sense we know most):
horse
- Proto-West Germanic *hors or *hross
- Proto-Germanic *hrussą ("horse")
- PIE *ḱr̥sós ("vehicle")
- PIE *ḱers- ("to run")
- Proto-Germanic *hrussą ("horse")
course
- Old French cours ("course")
- Latin cursus ("course")
- Latin currō ("to run")
- PIE *ḱers- ("to run")
car
- Old French carre ("car")
- Latin carrus ("wagon")
- Proto-Celtic *karros ("wagon")
- PIE *ḱr̥sós ("vehicle")
- PIE *ḱers- ("to run")
- Proto-Celtic *karros ("wagon")
- Latin carrus ("wagon")
hurry
- Proto-Germanic *hurzaną ("to rush")
- PIE *ḱers- ("to run")
curry
(in the sense of a sharp, brothy dish from India)
- Tamil கறி (kaṟi)
- Middle English cury ("to cook", "something which is cooked")
- Middle French cuyre ("to cook")
- Latin coquere ("to cook")
- Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō ("to cook")
- PIE pékʷeti ("to cook")
- Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō ("to cook")
- Latin coquere ("to cook")
- Middle French cuyre ("to cook")
- Middle English cury ("to cook", "something which is cooked")
oddly enough:
- English does have another sense of "curry"
- it means "hurry" but not often said
- from the same background as "hurry" from *hurzaną
- likely through "rhyme-twinning"
- e.g. "pitter-patter" or "flip-flop"
- likely through "rhyme-twinning"