Italian word corsa comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) Κορσική, Latin -tus, Italian -ere, and later Latin Corsica (Corsica.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Κορσική | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| -tus | Latin (lat) | Forms collective/abstract nouns from adjectives. Forms action nouns from verbs. Forms adjectives having the sense provided with.. Forms the past participle of verbs. |
| -ere | Italian (ita) | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of many Italian verbs. |
| Corsica | Latin (lat) | Corsica. |
| corsus | Latin (lat) | Corsican. |
| cursus | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) Course, progress, direction, development, succession, passage; career.. Course, way, passage, journey; tendency.. Journey, march, voyage, passage.. The act of running; race. |
| corso | Italian (ita) | A kind of Corsican wine.. Corsican (person). The Corsican language. Avenue (especially in the names of streets). Circulation (of money). Course (of a river), (of a university etc). Stream, waterway. Strip (a street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities). Subject Corsican. |
| corsa | Italian (ita) | (athletics) run, running. (sports) race, racing. Movement (of a pendulum). Stroke (of a piston). Trip, journey. |