Where does “korko” come from?

korko (Ido) comes from Esperanto Korko, 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 (Ido): cork

Definitions

  1. cork

Ancestry of “korko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoKorkocork bottle stopper
2EnglishCork(County Cork)
3Middle Englishcorkoak bark, cork
4Middle Dutchcurccork
5Spanishcorchocork
6LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
7Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from Spanish corcho
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