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.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *kers- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| crescendum | Latin (lat) | |
| *krei- | Proto-Balto-Slavic (ine-bsl-pro) | |
| *krei- | Proto-Baltic (bat-pro) | |
| *kr- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| sincerus | Latin (lat) | Clean, pure, sound.. Genuine, sincere.. Real, natural.. Uninjured, whole. |
| curro | Latin (lat) | (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 (ine) | to run |
| *korzō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To run. |
| curriculum | Latin (lat) | A race. A race course. A racing chariot. |
| curriculum | English (en) | (obsolete) A racecourse; a place for running.. The set of courses, coursework, and their content, offered at a school or university. |
