Where does “encurtar” come from?

encurtar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese En-, from Old Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

encurtar (Portuguese): to shorten to make shorter

Definitions

  1. to shorten to make shorter

Ancestry of “encurtar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseEn-en- all meanings
2Old Portugueseen-in-
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Italic en →Every word from Latin in- →