Where does “cordeler” come from?
cordeler (French) comes from Old French cordel, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.
cordeler (French): to twist
Ancestry of “cordeler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | cordel | — |
| 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 “cordeler”