curare (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[curare 词源字典]
1777, from Portuguese or Spanish curare, a corruption of the name in the Carib language of the Macusi Indians of Guyana, wurali or wurari, which had a sort of click sound at the beginning, and is said to mean "he to whom it comes falls."[curare etymology, curare origin, 英语词源]