myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of corvetear

Etymology of the Spanish word corvetear

the Spanish word corvetear

derived from the Old French word courbette

derived from the Old French word courber

derived from the Old French word courbe

derived from the Vulgar Latin word curbare

derived from the Classical Latin word curvare (bend, arch, make curved)

derived from the Latin word curvus (curved, bent, arched)

derived from the Latin word curvo

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker- (to turn, bend)

using the Latin prefix ri-