Where does “cortito” come from?

cortito (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

cortito (Spanish): dim-witted, slow

Definitions

  1. dim-witted, slow

Ancestry of “cortito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
2Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
3Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →