Where does “korko” come from?

korko (Esperanto) comes from English cork, from Middle English cork, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

korko (Esperanto): cork

Definitions

  1. cork

Ancestry of “korko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcorkThe bark of the cork oak, which is very light and...
2Middle Englishcorkoak bark, cork
3Middle Dutchcurccork
4Spanishcorchocork
5LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
6Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from Spanish corcho