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cutis.

living human skin

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʊ.tɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈkuː.tis]

  1. living human skin

    declension-3 · feminine

  2. rind, surface

    declension-3 · feminine

  3. the appearance, outside of something

    declension-3 · feminine · figuratively

  4. hide, leather

    declension-3 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kutis, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) without s-mobile. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (English hide), Old English scēo (“sky”) (English sky), German Haut (“skin”), German Hoden (“scrotum”) and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”). Related to culus.

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