Etymograph

English

curtate

Curtate comes from Latin curtātus ‘shortened, mutilated, clipped’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kr̥tósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kortos‘shortened’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtus‘short’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtō‘to shorten’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtātus‘shortened, mutilated, clipped’perfect passive participle of curtō
  7. Englishtodaycurtate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kr̥tósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kortos‘shortened’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtus‘short’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtō‘to shorten’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurtātus‘shortened, mutilated, clipped’perfect passive participle of curtō
  7. Englishtodaycurtate

first attested First attested in 1676 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1676; borrowed from Latin curtātus, perfect passive participle of curtō (‘to shorten’), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, circle, shirt, crucial, circuit, scare, carnival, scar, circus, scrutiny, shrine, skirt, circulation, curve, crest, cancellation, circa, corona, shear, scorpion, shred, carnage, curb, incarceration, raffle, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, 119 more

through Latin curtus ‘short’

gorgonzola, 9 more

Today it means

adj Shortened, having been shortened.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / curtate

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