myEtymology.com: English etymology of corkscrew

Etymology of the English word corkscrew

the English word corkscrew

derived from the English word cork

derived from the Arabic word qurq

derived from the Latin word cortex (bark, rind; bark of a tree; bark; cork; skin)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-

derived from the English word screw

derived from the Old French word escroe

derived from the Medieval Latin word scrofa (sow)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-