Where does “curtailer” come from?
curtailer (English) comes from English curtail, from English curtal, from French courtault, from French court, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs — whale, sea monster; abyss.
curtailer (English): One who curtails
Definitions
- One who curtails
Ancestry of “curtailer”, step by step
curtailer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curtail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curtail | To cut short the tail of an animal; To shorten or... |
| 2 | English | curtal | A variety of short-barrelled cannon; An early... |
| 3 | French | courtault | — |
| 4 | French | court | short; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 6 | Middle English | court | A courtyard; an enclosed space |
| 7 | Old French | cort | court |
| 8 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 9 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 10 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |