Where does “kordon” come from?
kordon (Cebuano) comes from Spanish cordón, from English curb, from French courbe, from Latin curbus, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
kordon (Cebuano): a cordon; a line of people or things placed...
Definitions
- a cordon; a line of people or things placed...
Ancestry of “kordon”, step by step
kordon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cordón
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cordón | cord; lace, string; shoelace, bootlace, lacing |
| 2 | English | curb | A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a... |
| 3 | French | courbe | curve; curved; bent |
| 4 | Latin | curbus | — |
| 5 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English cordon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cordon | A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the... |
| 2 | Middle English | cordon | — |
| 3 | Middle French | cordon | — |
| 4 | Old French | cordon | bowstring |
| 5 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 6 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | bowels, intestines |