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corium

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

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[ˈkɔ.ri.ũː]

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.