Where does “neocorteccia” come from?

neocorteccia (Italian) comes from Italian corteccia, from Latin corticea, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

neocorteccia (Italian): neocortex

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	corteccia	cortex; bark
2	Latin	corticea	—
3	Latin	cortex	The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
4	Proto-Indo-European	*(s)kort-ek-s	—

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