Dutch word krant 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. |
| currendus | Latin (lat) | |
| *ḱers- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to run |
| *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. |
| corant | Old French (fro) | Running; in the process of running. |
| courant | French (fra) | (language skills) fluent. Common. Current, present Current (of water, electricity, thought etc). |
| courant | Dutch (nld) | (archaic) ; newspaper. Currency Current, prevalent, standard. |
| krant | Dutch (nld) | Newspaper. |