Where does “corto” come from?

corto (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese corto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

corto (Galician): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “corto”, step by step

corto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese corto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecorto—
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Old Portuguese curto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecurto—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Old Portuguese corto →