Where does “cordage” come from?

Cordage comes from French cordage, from French corde and the suffix -age, from Latin chorda meaning "string" or "gut," from Ancient Greek χορδή.

cordage (English): A set of ropes and cords, especially that used...

Definitions

  1. A set of ropes and cords, especially that used...

Ancestry of “cordage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcordagerope
2Frenchcorderope; chord; line
3Middle Frenchcorderope
4Old Frenchcorderope
5Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
6Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
7Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- →Every word from Ancient Greek χορδή →Every word from Latin chorda →