Cork

Morpheme

Cork

Type

free base

Denotation

elastic outer bark of some species of oak trees

Etymology

Middle English cork; from either (1) Spanish corcho; Latin corticem, from cortex or (2) Spanish alcornoque; Arabic al- + Latin quercus

Evidence

cork, corkable, corkage, corkboard, corkborer, corked, corker, corkier, corkiest, corkiness, corking, corkish, corkite, corkless, corklike, corkline, corks, corkscrew, corkscrewlike, corky, recork, uncork

See Also

Querce, Cort

Homographs

Cork, Cork