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Where does “decurtare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “decurtare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincurtarepresent active infinitive of curtō; second-person...
2LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “decurtare”

  • decurtate
  • decurt
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