Where does “cork” come from?

cork (Middle English) comes from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

cork (Middle English): oak bark, cork

Definitions

  1. oak bark, cork

Ancestry of “cork”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cork”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s →Every word from Latin cortex →Every word from Spanish corcho →