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
- to strip
Ancestry of “scortecciare”, step by step
| 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 | — |