LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

excurtiāre

*excurtiāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionshorten

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexcurtiāre

Latin ex- Latin curtiāre Latin *excurtiāre From ex- + curtiāre. Compare Late Latin excurtāre.

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianscorciare
  • Italianscorcire
  • Neapolitanscorciare
  • Sicilianscùrziri
  • Venetanscurzar
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescurçar
  • Franco-Provençalécourcir
  • Franco-Provençaleicurcié
  • Picardescourchierfrom Old French escorcier, escorcher
  • Picardcoûchifrom Old French escorcier, escorcher
  • Walloonhorsîfrom Old French escorcier, escorcher
  • Walloonchourchîfrom Old French escorcier, escorcher
  • Gasconescosarfrom Old Occitan escorchar
  • Languedocienescorchirfrom Old Occitan escorchar
  • Limousinescorcharfrom Old Occitan escorchar
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshscurzêr
Gallo-Italic
  • Old Ligurianascorçar
  • Old Lombardascorçar
  • Piedmontesescursé
Ibero-Romance
  • Aragoneseescurzar

Quick answers

What does excurtiāre mean in Latin?
excurtiāre, a verb, means “shorten”.
Where does excurtiāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin excurtiāre.