Where does “cortex” come from?

cortex (Romanian) comes from French cortex, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

cortex (Romanian): cortex

Definitions

  1. cortex

Ancestry of “cortex”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cortex

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from French cortex