Where does “corium” come from?

corium (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

corium (Latin): skin; hide, leather; leather belt, whip; crust,...

Definitions

  1. skin; hide, leather; leather belt, whip; crust,...

Ancestry of “corium”, step by step

corium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Proto-Indo-European ker-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “corium”

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