Where does “corteccia” come from?
corteccia (Italian) comes from Latin corticea, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
corteccia (Italian): cortex; bark
Definitions
- cortex; bark
Ancestry of “corteccia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | corticea | — |
| 2 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |