Where does “cuticle” come from?
Cuticle comes from Middle French cuticule, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis meaning skin, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-t-.
cuticle (English): The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates;...
Definitions
- The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates;...
Ancestry of “cuticle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | cuticule | — |
| 2 | Latin | cutīcula | — |
| 3 | Latin | cutis | living skin; rind, surface; hide, leather |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kuH-t- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |
Words derived from “cuticle”