Etymology

cutaneous

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Today it means: Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis. Full definition →

New Latin cutaneus ← Latin cutis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcutis“skin”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromcutaneus
  3. English todaycutaneous

From New Latin cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.