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Where does “tricortical” come from?

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

tricortical (English): Connected to three cortical plates

Definitions

  1. Connected to three cortical plates

Ancestry of “tricortical”, step by step

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s →