cutis

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) living skin
2. (declension-3, feminine) rind, surface
3. (declension-3, feminine) hide, leather

Concepts

skin

hide

bark

leather

shell

🐚

human skin

Synonyms

pellis

corium

Translations

peau

Haut

pele

piel

δέρμα

pelle

pell

vel

huid

deri

جِلْد

çerm

pîst

جلد

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkʊ.tɪs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kutis, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) without s-mobile.
Cognates include Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (English hide), Old English scēo (“sky”) (English sky), German Haut (“skin”), German Hoden (“scrotum”) and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”). Related to culus.