Where does “curt” come from?

curt (Romanian) comes from Hungarian kurta, from Latin curta, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

curt (Romanian): short-tailed

Definitions

  1. short-tailed

Ancestry of “curt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankurtashort, brief, curt
2Latincurtanominative/vocative feminine singular of curtus;...
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 Latin curta →