Where does “corça” come from?

corça (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese corço, from Vulgar Latin curtius, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

corça (Portuguese): doe

Definitions

  1. doe

Ancestry of “corça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecorçoroe deer
2Vulgar Latincurtius—
3Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Vulgar Latin curtius →