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
- A set of ropes and cords, especially that used...
Ancestry of “cordage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cordage | rope |
| 2 | French | corde | rope; chord; line |
| 3 | Middle French | corde | rope |
| 4 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 5 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | — |