French word courir comes from Latin crescendum, Proto-Indo-European *kers-, and later Proto-Italic *korzō (To run.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| crescendum | Latin (lat) | |
| *kers- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *kor- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| 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-pro) | |
| *korzō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To run. |
| currentis | Latin (lat) | |
| corre | Old French (fro) | (of a horse) to gallop. To run. To travel in general. |
| courir | French (fra) | To run. |