Where does “curta” come from?

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

curta (Venetian): feminine singular of curto

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of curto

Ancestry of “curta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetiancurtoshort; brief
2Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Latin curtus →Every word from Venetian curto →
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