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Where does “excurtiāre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “excurtiāre”, step by step

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