Where does “cortex” come from?

cortex (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

cortex (Latin): The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...

Definitions

  1. The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...

Ancestry of “cortex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s

Words derived from “cortex

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s
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