Where does “accorciare” come from?
accorciare (Italian) comes from Latin adcurtiāre, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
accorciare (Italian): to shorten; to abridge; to abbreviate
Definitions
- to shorten; to abridge; to abbreviate
Ancestry of “accorciare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | adcurtiāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
Words derived from “accorciare”