Where does “cordiform” come from?

cordiform (English) comes from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cordiform (English): Shaped like a heart; cordate

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a heart; cordate

Ancestry of “cordiform”, step by step

cordiform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincorheart; soul, mind
2Proto-Italickordheart
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via French cordiforme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcordiformecordate; heart-shaped (having the supposed shape of a heart)

Words derived from “cordiform”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →