Hungarian word kurrens 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-pro) | |
| crescendum | Latin (lat) | |
| *krei- | Proto-Balto-Slavic (ine-bsl-pro) | |
| *krei- | Proto-Baltic (bat-pro) | |
| *kr- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| sincerus | Latin (lat) | Clean, pure, sound.. Genuine, sincere.. Real, natural.. Uninjured, whole. |
| currendus | Latin (lat) | |
| *ḱers- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to run |
| *korzō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To run. |
| currentis | Latin (lat) | |
| kurrens | Hungarian (hun) | Current. |