Etymograph

English

cormus

Cormus comes from Ancient Greek κορμός ‘trunk of a tree with the boughs cut off’, from κείρω ‘shear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kéryetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*keřřōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκείρωkeírō‘shear’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκορμόςkormós‘trunk of a tree with the boughs cut off’
  6. Englishtodaycormus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kéryetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*keřřōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκείρωkeírō‘shear’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκορμόςkormós‘trunk of a tree with the boughs cut off’
  6. Englishtodaycormus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’

across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, shirt, circle, circuit, score, crucial, curve, scare, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, circus, shrine, crest, circa, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, crux, coronary, shard, carnal, scorpion, cirque, corona, 119 more

Today it means

noun A corm.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / cormus

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