Where does “scorciare” come from?

scorciare (Italian) comes from Latin excurtiāre, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

scorciare (Italian): to shorten

Definitions

  1. to shorten

Ancestry of “scorciare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “scorciare”

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