Where does “suberic” come from?

suberic (English) comes from English suber, from Latin sūber, from Old High German sūbar, from Proto-West Germanic sūbrī, from Latin sōbrius, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

suberic (English): Of or relating to the layer of cells in trees...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the layer of cells in trees...

Ancestry of “suberic”, step by step

suberic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English suber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuberCork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue...
2Latinsūbercork oak, cork-tree
3Old High Germansūbarclean
4Proto-West Germanicsūbrīsober; clean
5Latinsōbriussober (not drunk)
6Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of

via French subérique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsubériquesuberic

Words derived from “suberic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks
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