Etymology of the Latin word cortina
the Latin word
cortina (cauldron,, kettle)
derived from the Classical Latin word
cors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)
derived from the Classical Latin word
cohors (cohort, tenth part of legion; armed force; court; enclosure, yard)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gher-Derivations in Latin
CortinariusDerivations in other languages
Albanian
kërthizë, French
cortine, French
courtine, Italian
cortina, Portuguese
cortina, Spanish
cortinaCognates
Dutch
gordijn, English
curtain, English
memory, French
courtine, French
mémoire, German
Gardine, Italian
cortina, Italian
memoria, Latin
memoria, Norwegian
gardin, Polish
kurtyna, Provençal
esp, Spanish
memoria, Swedish
gardinUsage
Word found in Late Latin, Vulgar Latin
