cortada

The act of cutting.; slice; a cut (a wound resulting from cutting); shortcut

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tósder. Proto-Italic *kortos Latin curtus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin curtāre Spanish cortar ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -āta Spanish -ada Spanish cortada From cortar + -a

a cul-de-sac, typically narrow

Adapted borrowing of English court. Doublet of corte.