Etymology

corkscrew

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Today it means: An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm. Full definition →

English screw ← Middle English scrue ← Old French escruveinflu.
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  4. Latincortexder.?
  5. Latincortex
  6. Mozarabic*kórčo, *kórčeder.?
  7. Spanishcorcho
  8. Middle Dutchcurc
  9. Middle Englishcork
  10. Englishcork
  11. Proto-Indo-European*(s)krebʰ-der.?
  12. Latinscrōfa
  13. Old Frenchescroue
  14. Old Frenchescruveinflu.
  15. Middle Englishscrue
  16. Englishscrew
  17. English todaycorkscrew

From cork + screw.

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