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currere
Latin · ancient
"to run"
to run
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cursor
Latin · ancient
"a runner, a messenger"
a runner, a messenger, from currere
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cursor
English · 1600s
"a sliding pointer, later a computer screen marker"
settled as the English word for a sliding pointer, later the on-screen marker on a computer
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