Where does “couraça” come from?

couraça (Portuguese) comes from Latin coriācea, from Latin corium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

couraça (Portuguese): any piece of armour made of leather; breastplate;...

Definitions

  1. any piece of armour made of leather; breastplate;...

Ancestry of “couraça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincoriācea—
2Latincoriumskin; hide, leather; leather belt, whip; crust,...
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Latin corium →