Where does “corto” come from?

corto (Asturian) comes from Asturian cortar, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

corto (Asturian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “corto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiancortarto cut
2LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin curto →