Where does “curto” come from?

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

curto (Latin): I shorten, cut short, abbreviate

Definitions

  1. I shorten, cut short, abbreviate

Ancestry of “curto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “curto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer-