Where does “écorceur” come from?
écorceur (French) comes from French écorcer, from Old French escorcier, from French écorce, from Middle French escorce, from Old French escorce, from Medieval Latin scorcia, from Latin scortea, from Latin scortum — to cut, cut off, sever.
écorceur (French): debarker
Ancestry of “écorceur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | écorcer | to debark, to strip the bark from a tree |
| 2 | Old French | escorcier | to debark |
| 3 | French | écorce | bark; peel; crust |
| 4 | Middle French | escorce | bark |
| 5 | Old French | escorce | bark |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | scorcia | — |
| 7 | Latin | scortea | a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak; a... |
| 8 | Latin | scortum | a skin, hide; a harlot, prostitute |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |