Where does “remolcador” come from?
remolcador (Galician) comes from Galician -dor, 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.
remolcador (Galician): tugboat, towboat
Ancestry of “remolcador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | -dor | -er, -or |
| 2 | Galician | cortar | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | cortar | — |
| 4 | Latin | curto | I shorten, cut short, abbreviate |
| 5 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |