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Where does “scortecciare” come from?

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

scortecciare (Italian): to strip

Definitions

  1. to strip

Ancestry of “scortecciare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancortecciacortex; bark
2Latincorticea—
3LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
4Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—

Words derived from “scortecciare”

  • scortecciatura
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