Where does “curtar” come from?

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

curtar (Asturian): to cut

Definitions

  1. to cut

Ancestry of “curtar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-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 →