Where does “decurt” come from?

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

decurt (English): To cut short; to curtail

Definitions

  1. To cut short; to curtail

Ancestry of “decurt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecurtare—
2Latincurtarepresent active infinitive of curtō; second-person...
3LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
4Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
5Proto-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 →