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Where does “profanador” come from?

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

profanador (Spanish): profanatory, defiling; profaner, defiler,...

Definitions

  1. profanatory, defiling; profaner, defiler,...

Ancestry of “profanador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galician-dor-er, -or
2Galiciancortar—
3Old Portuguesecortar—
4LatincurtoI shorten, cut short, abbreviate
5Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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