cortina

/koɾˈtina/ · B1 · noun · f

curtain

cortina — curtain

🪟 cortina sounds like curtain: both come from Latin cortina

English curtain came through Old French cortine from the same Late Latin word, cortina. Swap the u in curtain for an o, add -ina, and you get cortina. It is feminine: la cortina.

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