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curs
(KURS)to run
Latin for running. A current runs; a cursor runs across the screen; a recurring event runs again.
rootLatin
MovementSpellings:curscurcours
Example words
cursor
the marker that runs across a screen as you type
excursion
a short trip — a run out and back
recur
to happen again — to run back
current
running flow of water or electricity
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 7, 8
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- L.8.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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