cortex etymology

Latin word cortex comes from Proto-Indo-European *kr-

Detailed word origin of cortex

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kr- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
cortex Latin (lat) The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork.. The shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body.

Words with the same origin as cortex

Descendants of *kr-
circa circum cursus de debere deinde demum denique e edepol edicto edictum es essent esset est esto ex exemplum exitus experiri idcirco inde quando quondam