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English word curriculum comes from Proto-Indo-European *kers-, Latin crescendum, Proto-Balto-Slavic *krei-, Proto-Baltic *krei-, and later Proto-Italic *korzō (To run.)

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*kers- (Proto-Indo-European)

crescendum (Latin)

*krei- (Proto-Balto-Slavic)

*krei- (Proto-Baltic)

*kr- (Proto-Indo-European)

sincerus (Latin)

Clean, pure, sound.. Genuine, sincere.. Real, natural.. Uninjured, whole.

curro (Latin)

(intransitive) I hurry, hasten, speed. (intransitive) I move, travel, proceed. (intransitive) I run. (transitive, of a race, journey, with accusative) I run. (transitive, with accusative) I travel through, traverse, run.

*ḱers- (Proto-Indo-European)

to run

*korzō (Proto-Italic)

To run.

curriculum (Latin)

A race. A race course. A racing chariot.

curriculum (English)

(obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.. The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university.

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