Where does “scurtime” come from?

scurtime (Romanian) comes from Romanian scurt, from Vulgar Latin excurtus, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

scurtime (Romanian): shortness

Definitions

  1. shortness

Ancestry of “scurtime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianscurtshort; brief
2Vulgar Latinexcurtus
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 curtusEvery word from Vulgar Latin excurtus