Etymology

corticine

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French corticine ← Latin cortex
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcortex
  2. French · borrowed fromcorticine
  3. English todaycorticine

Borrowed from French corticine, from Latin cortex, corticis (“bark”).

Words from the same roots

Latincortex all →

cortexcorticalcorticiferouscorticiformcortico-

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