Where does “ракурс” come from?
ракурс (Russian) comes from French raccourci, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
ракурс (Russian): angle, foreshortening; angle, viewpoint,...
Definitions
- angle, foreshortening; angle, viewpoint,...
Ancestry of “ракурс”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | raccourci | shortcut; foreshortening; shortcut, keyboard... |
| 2 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |