English
cortissimo
Cortissimo comes from Italian corto, from Latin curtus ‘shortened, mutilated’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtus‘shortened, mutilated’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcortoas cortissimo
- Englishtodaycortissimo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtus‘shortened, mutilated’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcortoas cortissimo
- Englishtodaycortissimo
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
share, across, card, short, cancer, screen, cross, circle, circuit, score, shirt, crucial, curve, scare, circus, carnival, circulation, curb, skirt, scar, shrine, crest, cancellation, scrutiny, circa, shear, shred, carnage, incarceration, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, coronary, shrewd, corona, scorpion, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, 119 more
through Latin curtus ‘shortened, mutilated’
Today it means
noun The shot that forms the coffee base of a flat white.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / cortissimo