Etymograph

English

derma

Derma comes from Ancient Greek δέρμα ‘skin, hide’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *der- ‘to tear, tear apart’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*der-‘to tear, tear apart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dérōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδέρω‘to skin, flay’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδέρμαdérma‘skin, hide’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900derma
  6. Englishtodayderma

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*der-‘to tear, tear apart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dérōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδέρω‘to skin, flay’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδέρμαdérma‘skin, hide’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900derma
  6. Englishtodayderma

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *der- ‘to tear, tear apart’

truck, tear, tart, turd, tirade, tarn, 18 more

through Ancient Greek δέρω ‘to skin, flay’

pander, 11 more

through Ancient Greek δέρμα ‘skin, hide’

dermis, 6 more

Another origin of derma

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to bore’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þarmaz‘intestine’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þarm‘intestine’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050darm
  5. Yiddishmodernדערמעderme
  6. Englishtodayderma

Today it means

noun The inner layer of the skin.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *der- / derma

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