The story
- Latin · derived fromcortium“leather”
- English todaycoridine
From Latin cortium (“leather”), referring to its odour.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
coridine
Today it means: A colourless or yellow oil (C₁₀H₁₅N) found in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base homologous with pyridine. Full definition →
Latin cortium