Latin
cortex
‘the bark of a tree’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin cortex.
8 English words in this record descend from Latin cortex, most familiar first.
- cork ← curc ← corcho ← *kórčo
- cortex
- cortical
- corky ← cork ← cork ← curc ← corcho
- corticiform
- corticiferous
- corticine
- excorticate ← ex
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Etymograph / Latin cortex