Etymology

isocortex

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Today it means: The major part of the cerebral cortex Full definition →

English cortex ← Latin cortex ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  6. Latincortex
  7. Englishcortex
  8. English todayisocortex

From iso- + cortex.

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