Where does “corche” come from?
corche (Spanish) comes from French écorcher, from Old French escorchier, from Latin excorticāre, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
corche (Spanish): shoe with a cork sole
Definitions
- shoe with a cork sole
Ancestry of “corche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | écorcher | to skin; to graze |
| 2 | Old French | escorchier | to debark; to skin |
| 3 | Latin | excorticāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |