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Where does “escorxar” come from?

escorxar (Catalan) comes from Latin excorticāre, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

escorxar (Catalan): to decorticate, debark; to skin

Definitions

  1. to decorticate, debark; to skin

Ancestry of “escorxar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexcorticāre—
2LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

Words derived from “escorxar”

  • escorxador
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