Where does “corkage” come from?

corkage (English) comes from English Cork, from Middle English cork, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

corkage (English): A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that...

Definitions

  1. A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that...

Ancestry of “corkage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCork(County Cork)
2Middle Englishcorkoak bark, cork
3Middle Dutchcurccork
4Spanishcorchocork
5LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
6Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s →Every word from Latin cortex →Every word from Spanish corcho →