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
Ancestry of “cork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 2 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 3 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |
Words derived from “cork”