Where does “cordage” come from?

cordage (French) comes from French corde, from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

cordage (French): rope

Definitions

  1. rope

Ancestry of “cordage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcorderope; chord; line
2Middle Frenchcorderope
3Old Frenchcorderope
4Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
5Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
6Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines

Words derived from “cordage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- →Every word from Ancient Greek χορδή →Every word from Latin chorda →