Where does “juxtacortical” come from?

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

juxtacortical (English): Next to a cortex; thus

Definitions

  1. Next to a cortex; thus

Ancestry of “juxtacortical”, step by step

juxtacortical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cortical

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcorticalPertaining to the outer layer of an internal...
2LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

via English juxta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjuxtaIn males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an...
2Latiniuxtānearly, nigh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s →