Where does “cords” come from?
Cords comes from English cord plus the English possessive suffix -'s, from Latin chorda meaning string or gut, from Ancient Greek χορδή, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ǵʰer- and -iskos with the suffix -ēs.
cords (English): plural of cord; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of cord; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “cords”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 2 | Middle English | -es | Alternative form of -yssh; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | -es | possessive marker, indicating that an object... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -as | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |