Etymograph

English

curtation

Curtation comes from Latin curtō ‘to shorten, cut short, abbreviate’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

  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, cut short, abbreviate’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900curtātiō
  7. Englishtodaycurtation

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, cut short, abbreviate’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900curtātiō
  7. Englishtodaycurtation

first attested First attested in 1584 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1584; borrowed from New Latin curtātiō, from curtō + -tiō.

Linked words

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

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

through Latin curtus ‘short’

gorgonzola, 9 more

Today it means

noun The interval of a planet's orbit in which its curtate or shortened distance is less than the true distance.

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

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

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