cuticle的词源

英文词源

cuticle

cuticle: see hide

cuticle (n.)

1610s, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular.

中文词源

cuticle：趾甲跟部的甲小皮

来自PIE*skeu, 遮盖，保护，词源同hide, house, custody.

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