Where does “scorticatura” come from?
scorticatura (Italian) comes from Italian scorticare, from Latin excorticāre, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
scorticatura (Italian): skinning, flaying
Definitions
- skinning, flaying
Ancestry of “scorticatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scorticare | To skin or flay |
| 2 | Latin | excorticāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |