Where does “escorcher” come from?

escorcher (Middle French) comes from Old French escorchier, from Latin excorticāre, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

escorcher (Middle French): to skin

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	escorchier	to debark; to skin
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	—

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