Etymology

excorticate

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Today it means: To strip of bark, shell or skin. Full definition →

Latin ex
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  1. Latin · derived fromex“out”
  2. English todayexcorticate

From Latin ex (“out”), from cortex, corticis (“bark”).

Words from the same roots

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