Where does “cortalumes” come from?
cortalumes (Galician) comes from Galician cortar, from Old Portuguese cortar, from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
cortalumes (Galician): firebreak, fire line, firetrail Australia An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it
Definitions
- firebreak, fire line, firetrail Australia An area cleared of all flammable material in the woods to prevent a fire from spreading across it
Ancestry of “cortalumes”, step by step
cortalumes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician cortar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cortar | to cut |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cortar | — |
| 3 | Latin | curto | I shorten, cut short, abbreviate |
| 4 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
via Galician lume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | lume | flame, fire; light; forest fire |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | lume | — |
| 3 | Latin | lumen | light; the eyes; daylight |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk-s-men | light |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |