Etymograph

English

decurt

Decurt comes from Latin decurtare, and goes back to dē ‘of’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdē1‘of; from’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecurtare2
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1550decurt2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin de-
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English decurt
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1550, John Bale: “Your decurted or headlesse clause, Angelorum enim, et cet.”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēWiktionary, Latin de-‘of; from’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdecurtareWiktionary, English decurt
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1550decurtWiktionary, English decurt. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1550, John Bale: “Your decurted or headlesse clause, Angelorum enim, et cet.”

Linked words

through Latin dē ‘of’

deserve, desire, dice, dorado, deprive, departmental, deduce, 6 more

Today it means

verb To cut short; to truncate; to curtail.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “decurt”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin de-. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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