excurto

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ curtō. Attested in the Lex Salica and Lex Alamannorum.

Verb

excurtō (present infinitive excurtāre, perfect active excurtāvī, supine excurtātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

1. to cut (a tail)

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: shcurtedz
  • Romanian: scurta
  • → Albanian: shkurtoj
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scortare (regional)
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: scurtèr
  • Friulian: scurtâ
  • Ladin: scurter
  • Lombard: scurtar
  • Venetian: scortar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: escortar
  • Old French: escurter
    • French: écourter
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *excurtiāre (see there for further descendants)