curry English · revision 13602

− It is [[bor|ta|கறி|tr=kaṟi|t=sauce, relish for rice]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Cresswell 2021) an earlier form carriel (1598) having come through Portuguese caril from Kannada karil.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Etymonline thinks it a blend of various south Indian words meaning black or burnt, and so applied to spices and meats.^(Etymonline)

− It is [[bor|fro|correier|t=to put in order, prepare, curry a horse]], originally conreier, probably through Anglo-French curreier,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from con-, intensive, and reier, to arrange, from rei, order, of Germanic origin (compare [[ready]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)