Etymograph

English

cuirie

Cuirie comes from Middle English quyrre ‘a hide or leather’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-1‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kóros1uncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryóm1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjom1reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorium2‘skin, hence, hide of an animal’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cuirie3‘leather’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500quyrre3‘a hide or leather’
  8. Englishtodaycuirie3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin corium
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old French cuirie
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English cuirie

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Latin corium‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kórosWiktionary, Latin coriumuncertain
  3. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryómWiktionary, Latin coriumreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjomWiktionary, Latin coriumreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoriumWiktionary, Old French cuirie‘skin, hence, hide of an animal’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cuirieWiktionary, English cuirie‘leather’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500quyrreWiktionary, English cuirie‘a hide or leather’
  8. EnglishtodaycuirieWiktionary, English cuirie

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, circle, crucial, scare, curve, carnival, circuit, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, skirt, crest, circulation, circus, curb, shrine, corona, shear, scorpion, incarceration, shred, circa, carnage, raffle, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, shrewd, crux, shard, carnal, crepe, 117 more

through Latin corium ‘skin, hence, hide of an animal’

currier, 6 more

through Middle English quyrre ‘a hide or leather’

quarry

Today it means

noun An item of leather body armor, a forerunner to the cuirass; a cuirass.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cuirie”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin corium, Old French cuirie. 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)ker- / cuirie

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