Where does “curto” come from?

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

curto (Portuguese): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “curto”, step by step

curto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese corto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecorto—
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Old Portuguese curto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecurto—

Words derived from “curto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Old Portuguese corto →