écourter
French
verb
Definitions
- to shorten, curtail (make shorter e.g. by cutting)
- (reflexive) to shorten become shorter
- to dock, clip (cut the tail of e.g. a dog)
- to cut short, curtail (shorten the time of something)
- to cut short, cut
Etymology
Affix from French court derived from Old French escurter inherited from Latin *excurtāre, curtāre.
Origin
Latin
curtāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *excurtāre Latin
- curtāre Latin
- scortare Italian
- accourcir French
- court French
- courtement French
- ultracourt French
- cortar Spanish, Castilian
- escoltar Spanish, Castilian
- curt Old French
- escurter Old French
- cruța Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- scurta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- scurtătură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cortar Old Portuguese
- cortar Asturian
- scurtâ Friulian
- scurter Ladin