Where does “chordlessness” come from?
chordlessness (English) comes from English chordless, from English chord, from English cord, from Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.
chordlessness (English): Absence of chords
Definitions
- Absence of chords
Ancestry of “chordlessness”, step by step
chordlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chordless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chordless | Lacking chords |
| 2 | English | chord | A harmonic set of three or more notes that is... |
| 3 | English | cord | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example) |
| 4 | Middle English | corde | A long, thick length of fibre; One of the strings... |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |