English 'curtain' from Old French 'cortine,' from Late Latin 'cortīna,' from Latin 'cohors' (enclosed yard), from PIE *gʰer- (to enclose).
A piece of fabric hung to cover a window, divide a room, or conceal a stage; anything that conceals or acts as a barrier.
From Old French 'cortine' (curtain, hanging), from Late Latin 'cortina' (round vessel, cauldron; curtain), diminutive of Latin 'cors/cohors' (enclosure, courtyard), from PIE *gʰordʰo- (enclosure, garden), also source of 'court', 'garden', and 'yard.' The PIE root *gʰordʰo- (enclosure made by weaving or fencing) appears in Gothic 'gards' (house), Old English 'geard' (enclosure — source of 'orchard' and 'yard'), and Latin 'hortus' (garden). The semantic shift from 'enclosure' to 'round vessel' to 'curtain' in Latin is unusual; one explanation is that the