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English word current comes from Proto-Italic *korzō (To run.)

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*korzō (Proto-Italic)

To run.

currendus (Latin)

currens (Latin)

corre (Old French)

(of a horse) to gallop. To run. To travel in general.

curant (Old French)

(chiefly, Anglo-Norman) (chiefly, Anglo-Norman) ;.

curraunt (Middle English)

current (English)

(electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge.. A tendency or a course of events.. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.. Existing or occurring at the moment.. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.

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