English
excoriation
From excoriate + -ion.
A compound of excoriate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *(s)koryóm
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Late Latin corium ‘hide, skin’
Late Latin excoriō ‘to take the skin or hide off, flay, skin’
Late Latin excoriātus
Middle English *excoriaten
English excoriate
Today it means
noun The act of excoriating or flaying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / excoriation