cutis

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cutis (“living skin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkjutəs/, /ˈkjutɪs/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːtɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkjutəs/ Hyphenation: cu‧tis === Noun === cutis (plural cutes) (anatomy) The true skin, underlying the epidermis. Synonyms: corium, dermis Coordinate terms: cuticle, epidermis (mycology) The peridium of some fungi. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === ictus, ictūs, ustic == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kutis, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) without s-mobile. Cognates include Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”), Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (English hide), Old English scēo (“sky”) (English sky), German Haut (“skin”), German Hoden (“scrotum”) and Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”). Related to culus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊ.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.tis] === Noun === cutis f (genitive cutis); third declension (anatomy) living human skin Near-synonyms: pellis, corium, scortum rind, surface (figurative) the appearance, outside of something Synonyms: imāgō, speciēs hide, leather ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italo-Romance: Italian: cote, → cute Southern Gallo-Romance: Aragonese: cote (Panticuto) Gascon: cot, coth ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cutica Gallo-Italic: Emilian: còdga, cudga Ligurian: coîga, coêiga, coia Lombard: codega, codga, codia, coiga (Ossolano) Romagnol: còdga, codeina Italo-Dalmatian: Central Italian: cotica, ⇒ cotechino (influenced by Gallo-Italic) Neapolitan: coteca ⇒ Venetan: códego m → Cimbrian: kódego ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cutina Gallo-Italic: Piedmontese: cotna, cona Gallo-Romance: Franco-Provençal: couèna French: couenne Italo-Dalmatian Italian: cotenna Neapolitan: còtena Sicilian: cùtini Occitano-Romance: Catalan: cotna, corna Occitan: codena Gascon: cotia Bigorrés: corna Vivaro-Alpine: coena, coina Ibero-Romance: Galician: codia, coda Portuguese: côdea === References === === Further reading === “cŭtis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cutis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cŭtis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "cutis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cutis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkutis/ [ˈku.t̪is] Rhymes: -utis Syllabification: cu‧tis === Noun === cutis m or (uncommon) f (plural cutis) skin (especially that of the face) Synonym: piel ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “cutis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === ictus