Etymology

corky

C3O1R1K5Y4

Today it means: Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. Full definition →

English cork ← Middle English cork ← Middle Dutch curc
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corky · adjective1

  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. English todaycorky

From cork (“stopper”) + -y.

corky · noun2

  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. English todaycorky

From cork (“injure by a blow”) + -y.

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