cur/cura (care)

care; attention

Spelled cur, cura · cura 'care, concern'; curare 'care for, attend to, treat'

Latin cura meant care: a curator looks after things, accurate work receives care, and secure originally meant free from care.

Words built from it

curator — someone who manages a museum or collection
Latin cura (care) → curare (take care of) → curator (overseer) → curator
curious — eager to know or learn
Latin cura (care) → curiosus (careful, inquisitive) → Old French curios → curious
cure — a treatment that ends an illness or problem
Latin cura (care, medical attention) → Old French cure → cure
procure — obtain something, often through effort
Latin pro- (on behalf of) + curare (care for) → procurare (manage, attend to) → procure
secure — safe, protected, or firmly established
Latin se- (apart from, without) + cura (care) → securus (free from care) → secure
sinecure — a paid position requiring little or no work
Latin sine (without) + cura (care), shortened from sine cura animarum (without care of souls) → sinecure
accurate — correct and precise
Latin ad- (toward), assimilated to ac- + curare (take care of) → accurare → accuratus (done carefully) → accurate

cursory — Comes from Latin currere 'run,' through cursorius 'running'; it describes running quickly over something, not taking care.

-ous — turns a noun or root into an adjective meaning full of, having, or characterized by it