Where does “cortar” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cortar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cortar”

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