#kers

The words course and caricature may seem to be unrelated at first glance. But they share an etymological root!

Course:

Definition: Initially, "course" referred to onward movement, motion forward, or a prescribed path or distance for a race.

Origin: The term originated around 1300, derived from the Old French "cors," meaning course, run, or flow of a river, which, in turn, comes from the Latin "cursus."

Roots: "Cursus" in Latin encompasses the meanings of running, journey, direction, track navigated by a ship, and flow of a stream. It is derived from the past participle stem of "currere," which means "to run" and is rooted in the Proto-Indo-European base *kers- ("to run").

Caricature:

Definition: A grotesque or ludicrous representation of persons or things achieved through an absurd exaggeration of characteristic features.

Origin: The term "caricature" originated in 1748 in a figurative sense and 1750 in a literal sense. It is derived from the French "caricature" of the 18th century, which, in turn, comes from the Italian "caricatura," meaning "satirical picture" or "an exaggeration."

Roots: "Caricatura" is formed from "caricare," meaning "to load" or "exaggerate," originating from Vulgar Latin *carricare, which means "to load a wagon or cart." The Latin root is traced back to "carrus," meaning "two-wheeled wagon." and is rooted in the Proto-Indo-European base *kers- ("to run").

Related Words: 

Car, career, cargo, carpenter, carry, charge, chariot, concur, corral, corridor, corsair, current, cursor, occur, precursor, recur