cortex.
bark; cork; skin, rind, husk, hull; outer covering, shell, carapace, chrysalis;
Meaning & usage
the bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork
the shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body
cortex periamygdaloideus
life preserver (made of bark)
nāre sine cortice
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”). See also scortum (“skin, hide”).
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