Where does “curtate” come from?

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

curtate (English): shortened, having been shortened; said of the...

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shortened, having been shortened; said of the...

Ancestry of “curtate”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	curtatus	shortened, mutilated, clipped
2	Latin	curto	I shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3	Latin	curtus	shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4	Proto-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 →