cortex的词源

英文词源

cortex

cortex: see cork

cortex (n.)

1650s, "outer shell, husk," from Latin cortex "bark of a tree" (see corium). Specifically of the brain, first recorded 1741.

中文词源

cortex：大脑皮质

来自PIE*sker, 切，词源同carnal, shear. 原指树皮，后词义引申为大脑皮质。

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