English
corium
Corium comes from Latin corium ‘leather’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryóm1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjom1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorium2‘leather’
- Englishearliest quotation 1825corium2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin corium
- 2 Wiktionary, English corium
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopaedia of antiquities: “Passing by the Corium Bubulum of the Classical Ancients,…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryómWiktionary, Latin coriumreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjomWiktionary, Latin coriumreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoriumWiktionary, English corium‘leather’
- Englishearliest quotation 1825coriumWiktionary, English corium. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopaedia of antiquities: “Passing by the Corium Bubulum of the Classical Ancients,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, circle, circuit, score, crucial, curve, scare, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, crest, circa, shrine, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, crux, coronary, shard, carnal, scorpion, cirque, corona, 117 more
through Latin corium ‘leather’
Today it means
noun The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “corium”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin corium. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm / corium