Where does “cork” come from?
Cork comes from Middle Dutch curc, with the original meaning unknown.
cork (English): The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and...
Definitions
- The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and...
Ancestry of “cork”, step by step
| 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 | — |