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

  1. to shorten; to abridge; to abbreviate

Ancestry of “accorciare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “accorciare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin adcurtiāre →