LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

excurtō

excurtō (present infinitive excurtāre, perfect active excurtāvī, supine excurtātum)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinto cut (a tail)

Origins

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

Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanescortar
  • Frenchécourterfrom Old French escurter
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianscurta
  • Aromanianshcurtedz
  • Albanianshkurtoj
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianscortare
  • Venetanscortar
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianscurtâ
  • Ladinscurter
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianscurtèr
  • Lombardscurtar
Elsewhere
  • Vulgar Latin*excurtiāre

In English words that came into English from excurtō

  • scutexcurtāre

Quick answers

What does excurtō mean in Latin?
excurtō, a verb, means “to cut (a tail)”.
What are the principal parts of excurtō?
excurtō, excurtāre, excurtāvī, excurtātum (first conjugation).