Where does “sacacorchos” come from?
sacacorchos (Spanish) comes from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
sacacorchos (Spanish): corkscrew
Definitions
- corkscrew
Ancestry of “sacacorchos”, step by step
sacacorchos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish corcho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 2 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |