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Where does “cordó” come from?

cordó (Catalan) comes from Catalan corda, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.

cordó (Catalan): cord; each of the concentric circles formed by...

Definitions

  1. cord; each of the concentric circles formed by...

Ancestry of “cordó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalancordarope; string; cord
2Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
3Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-—
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