Before revision: History Tanning, 1880 180px|Tanner, Nuremberg, 1609 Peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York, during the 1840s, when it was the largest in the world The English word for tanning is from medieval Latin , derivative of ( oak bark ), from French ( tanbark ), from old-Cornish (oak).
After revision: History Tanning, 1880 180px|Tanner, Nuremberg, 1609 Peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York, during the 1840s, when it was the largest in the world The English word for tanning is from medieval Latin , derivative of ( abulification ), from French ( abul ), from old-Cornish (oak).