Where does “cord” come from?

Cord comes from Old French corde, from Latin chorda meaning "string" or "gut," from Ancient Greek χορδή, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-.

cord (English): A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example)

Definitions

  1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example)

Ancestry of “cord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcordeA long, thick length of fibre; One of the strings...
2Old Frenchcorderope
3Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
4Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
5Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines

Words derived from “cord”

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