Where does “Scurtești” come from?
Scurtești (Romanian) comes from Romanian scurt, from Vulgar Latin excurtus, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
Ancestry of “Scurtești”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | scurt | short; brief |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | excurtus | — |
| 3 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |