Where does “cortar” come from?

cortar (Spanish) comes from Latin curto, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

cortar (Spanish): to cut; to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut...

Definitions

  1. to cut; to cut off, cut out, cut through, cut...

Ancestry of “cortar”, step by step

cortar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin curto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Spanish grama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgramagrass; lawn
2Latingrāmina—
3Latingrāmengrass, turf

Words derived from “cortar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Latin curto →