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Where does “raccourci” come from?

raccourci (French) comes from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

raccourci (French): shortcut; foreshortening; shortcut, keyboard...

Definitions

  1. shortcut; foreshortening; shortcut, keyboard...

Ancestry of “raccourci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “raccourci”

  • ракурс
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