corium

Meaning

1. (declension-2, neuter) skin; hide, leather
2. (declension-2, neuter) leather belt, whip
3. (declension-2, neuter) crust, coat, peel, shell
4. (declension-2, neuter) upper layer

Concepts

leather

skin

corium

fort

hide

shell

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Synonyms

cortex

crusta

cutis

pellis

Translations

piel

cuero

pelle

peau

pele

Leder

Haut

pell

couro

Fell

جلد

cuoio

’ðerma

cute

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɔ.ri.ũː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *korjom, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, separate”).
Cognates
Latin cortex, cārō, culter, Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Dutch scheren, German scheren, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”).
See also Latin secō, scindō, sciō, caedō, carpō, curtus, scalpō, sculpō, glubō, Ancient Greek γλύφω (glúphō), γράφω (gráphō), English grave.