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Where does “cordeling” come from?

cordeling (English) comes from French cordeler, from Old French cordel, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.

cordeling (English): The pulling of a boat by people walking along the...

Definitions

  1. The pulling of a boat by people walking along the...

Ancestry of “cordeling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcordelerto twist
2Old Frenchcordel—
3Old Frenchcorderope
4Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
5Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
6Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-—
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