Where does “Cork” come from?
Cork derives from Irish Corcaigh, which comes from Irish corcach, a term of unknown original meaning.
Cork (English): (County Cork)
Definitions
- (County Cork)
Ancestry of “Cork”, step by step
Cork traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English cork
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cork | oak bark, cork |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 3 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 4 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |