Where does “corta” come from?
corta (Italian) comes from Italian corto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
corta (Italian): feminine singular of corto
Definitions
- feminine singular of corto
Ancestry of “corta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | corto | short |
| 2 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |