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by iwnit on June 5th, 2009
"cure
c.1300, from [Classical Latin] cura "care, concern, trouble," from [Proto-Indo-European] base *kois- "be concerned." In reference to fish, pork, etc., first recorded 1743. Cure-all in general sense is from 1870; as a name of various plants, it is attested from 1793."
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by Falsified Hero on June 5th, 2009
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by iwnit on June 5th, 2009