Etymograph

English

epicorium

Epicorium comes from Latin cŏrĭum ‘animal skin’, 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 CEcŏrĭum2‘animal skin’
  6. Englishtodayepicorium2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin corium
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English epicorium

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 CEcŏrĭumWiktionary, English epicorium‘animal skin’
  6. EnglishtodayepicoriumWiktionary, English epicorium

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, coronary, corona, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, scorpion, 117 more

through Latin cŏrĭum ‘animal skin’

currier, 6 more

Today it means

noun The pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “epicorium”; 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)ker- / epicorium

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