Where does “scurta” come from?
scurta (Romanian) comes from Romanian scurt, from Vulgar Latin excurtus, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
scurta (Romanian): to shorten, abridge, abbreviate
Definitions
- to shorten, abridge, abbreviate
Ancestry of “scurta”, step by step
scurta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian scurt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Vulgar Latin excurto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | excurto | — |
| 2 | Latin | curto | I shorten, cut short, abbreviate |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |