English
epicorium
Epicorium comes from Latin cŏrĭum ‘animal skin’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcŏrĭum‘animal skin’
- Englishtodayepicorium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)koryómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korjomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcŏrĭum‘animal skin’
- Englishtodayepicorium
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, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, crest, circa, shrine, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, raffle, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, coronary, corona, crux, shard, carnal, cirque, scorpion, 118 more
through Latin cŏrĭum ‘animal skin’
Today it means
noun The pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm / epicorium