Etymology

dermis

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Today it means: The tissue of the skin underlying the epidermis. Full definition →

New Latin dermis ← Ancient Greek δέρμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδέρμα“skin, hide”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromdermis
  3. English todaydermis

From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, to flay”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδέρμα all →

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