Where does “escorzar” come from?
escorzar (Spanish) comes from Italian scorciare, from Latin excurtiāre, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
escorzar (Spanish): to foreshorten
Definitions
- to foreshorten
Ancestry of “escorzar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scorciare | to shorten |
| 2 | Latin | excurtiāre | shorten |
| 3 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |