myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of corte

1. Etymology of the Spanish word corte

the Spanish word corte

derived from the Spanish word cortar

derived from the Late Latin word curtare (shorten, cut short, abbreviate)

derived from the Latin word curtus (mutilated; incomplete, missing a part)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-

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derived from the Spanish word corte