English

endocuticle

From endo- + cuticle.

A compound of endo- + cuticle

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Latin cutis f

Latin cutīcula ‘cuticle, skin’

Today it means

noun The inner, elastic layer of the cuticle of an insect

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

Etymograph / endocuticle