Where does “corde” come from?
corde (French) comes from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.
corde (French): rope; chord; line
Ancestry of “corde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | corde | rope |
| 2 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 3 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | — |
Words derived from “corde”