Where does “cordeau” come from?

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

cordeau (French): (usually thin or small) rope, string (used to mark a straight line)

Definitions

  1. (usually thin or small) rope, string (used to mark a straight line)

Ancestry of “cordeau”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cordeau”

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