corsaro

See also: Corsaro

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“plunder, hostile inroad; course, a running”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈsa.ro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: cor‧sà‧ro

Adjective

corsaro (feminine corsara, masculine plural corsari, feminine plural corsare)

1. (relational) privateering, pirate

Noun

corsaro m (plural corsari)

1. a privateer, corsair (person)

Derived terms

• nave corsara (“privateer (ship)”)

Related terms

• corso

Descendants

• → Arabic: قُرْصَان‎ (qurṣān)
• → French: corsaire
  • → English: corsair
• → German: Korsar
• → Ottoman Turkish: قرصان‎
  • Turkish: korsan
• → Serbo-Croatian: gȕsār (likely)
  • → Hungarian: huszár
    • → French: hussard, houssard
      • → English: hussar
      • → Spanish: húsar
    • → German: Husar
      • → Dutch: huzaar
      • → Italian: ussaro
    • → Medieval Latin: husārō
    • → Polish: husarz
    • → Serbo-Croatian: hȕsār

Anagrams

• corrosa