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Translation

course (of study)

Word origin

From Latin cursus ('a running, a course'), from currere ('to run'), through French cours and the international kurs family. A course of study is literally a run through a subject, and the same root gives English current, cursor and excursion.

Origin
Latin, via French
Root
cursus
English cognates
course, current, cursor

Examples

vesperan .

I attend an evening course in Esperanto.

.

The course lasts ten weeks.

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She teaches a course on history at the university.

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This word is part of lesson 25.