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corium.

animal skin; hide, fell; leather

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkɔ.ri.ũː]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.ri.um]

  1. animal skin; hide, fell; leather

    declension-2 · neuter

  2. animal skin; hide, fell; leather human skin

    declension-2 · derogatory · humorous · neuter

  3. leather belt, whip

    declension-2 · neuter

  4. crust, coat, peel, shell

    declension-2 · neuter

  5. upper layer

    declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)kóros? Proto-Indo-European *-yóm Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm Proto-Italic *korjom Latin corium Inherited from Proto-Italic *korjom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kor-yó-m (“cut, torn off; peeled”), from the root *(s)ker- (“to cut off, separate”). According to De Vaan, probably derived from a noun *(s)kór-o-s (“that which is cut, torn off”, whence Proto-Germanic *skaraz and English share). Cognates Latin cortex, cārō, culter, Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), Dutch scheren, German scheren, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”). See also Latin secō, scindō, sciō, caedō, carpō, curtus, scalpō, sculpō, glubō, Ancient Greek γλύφω (glúphō), γράφω (gráphō), English grave.

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