Curriculum
/kəˈrɪk.jʊ.ləm/noun
A course of study or the subjects making up a school program.
Did you know?Curriculum comes from Latin currere, and the same ancient root also gives us words like current, currency, and courier—anything that moves, flows, or runs.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kers-
“to run”
Latin
Latin
currere
“to run”
Latin
Latin
curriculum
“a running, a course; a racecourse”
17th Century
Latin/English
curriculum
“a course of study”
Modern English
English
curriculum
“a school program or set of courses”