Where does “corticine” come from?

corticine (English) comes from French corticine, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

corticine (English): A material for carpeting or floor covering, made...

Definitions

  1. A material for carpeting or floor covering, made...

Ancestry of “corticine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcorticine
2LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from French corticine