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English word cortex comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁-, Proto-Indo-European *kor, Proto-Balto-Slavic *krei-, Proto-Baltic *krei-, English adrenal cortex

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*gʰreH₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

to grow, become green, grow, become green

*kor (Proto-Indo-European)

*krei- (Proto-Balto-Slavic)

*krei- (Proto-Baltic)

adrenal cortex (English)

(anatomy) The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis.

crescendum (Latin)

*(s)ker- (Proto-Indo-European)

to turn, to bend, to turn, to bend, to turn, bend  , to move, swing, jump, to cut  , twist, turn, bend

sincerus (Latin)

Clean, pure, sound.. Genuine, sincere.. Real, natural.. Uninjured, whole.

corticis (Latin)

cortex (English)

(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.. (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

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