English

allocortex

From allo- + cortex.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’

Proto-Hellenic *áľľos

Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’

English allo-

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

Latin cortex ‘cork, bark’

Today it means

noun The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / allocortex