"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")

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")

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")

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"
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