Where does “curto” come from?

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

curto (Galician): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “curto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecurto—
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-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 Old Portuguese curto →