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Where does “decortico” come from?

decortico (Italian) comes from Italian decorticare, from Latin decortico, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.

decortico (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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Ancestry of “decortico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliandecorticareTo decorticate; To hull
2LatindecorticoI remove the bark or peel; I decorticate
3Latindē-—
4Latindē—
5Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
6Latinposteablative singular of postis
7Proto-Italicposti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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