Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kort-ek-s

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s, most familiar first.

• cork ← curc ← corcho ← *kórčo ← cortex
• cortex
• cortical ← cortex
• corky ← cork ← cork ← curc ← corcho
• corticiform ← cortex
• corticiferous ← cortex
• corticine ← cortex
• excorticate ← ex ← cortex

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s