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
Ancestry of “korko”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | Korko | — |
| 2 | English | Cork | — |
| 3 | Middle English | cork | oak bark, cork |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 5 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 6 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |