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Where does “cortiça” come from?

cortiça (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin corticea, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

Ancestry of “cortiça”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cortiça”

  • cortiço
  • cortiça
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