English
excorticate
Excorticate comes from Latin ex ‘out’, from cortex ‘bark’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- ‘to cut’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kert-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kort-ek-sreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcortexas corticis‘bark’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1664excorticate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kert-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kort-ek-sreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcortexas corticis‘bark’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1664excorticate
Earliest quotation: 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva: “Moſs is to be rubb'd and ſcrap'd off with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s
through Latin cortex ‘bark’
cork, cortex, cortical, 4 more
through Latin ex ‘out’
ex, exchange, squash, extort, affray, extenuating, enunciation, excommunicate, 10 more
Today it means
verb To strip of bark, shell or skin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- / excorticate