curt的词源

英文词源

curt (adj.)

mid-14c., from Latin curtus "(cut) short, shortened, incomplete," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see short (adj.)). Sense of "rude" is first recorded 1831. The Latin word was adopted early into most Germanic languages (compare Icelandic korta, German kurz, etc.) and drove out the native words based on Proto-Germanic *skurt-, but English retains short.

中文词源

curt：唐突无礼的

来自PIE*sker, 剪，切，词源同shear, short. 后主要形容人的唐突。

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