derma

derma · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδέρμα“skin, hide”
2. New Latin · learned borrowing fromderma
3. English todayderma

Learned borrowing from New Latin derma, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). Doublet of derm.

derma · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*terh₁-“to bore”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*þarmaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*þarm
4. Old High German · derived fromdarm
5. Middle High German · derived from[Term?]
6. Yiddish · borrowed fromדערמע
7. English todayderma

Borrowed from Yiddish דערמע (derme), plural of דאַרם (darm, “intestine”), from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German darm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to bore”).

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