Where does “cuticulă” come from?

cuticulă (Romanian) comes from French cuticule, from Latin cutīcula, from Latin cutis, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-t-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

cuticulă (Romanian): cuticle

Definitions

  1. cuticle

Ancestry of “cuticulă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcuticulecuticle
2Latincutīculaskin
3Latincutisliving skin; rind, surface; hide, leather
4Proto-Indo-EuropeankuH-t-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kuH-t- →Every word from Latin cutis →