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Where does “cordial” come from?

cordial (French) comes from Medieval Latin cordialis, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cordial (French): stimulating the heart; tonic; coming from the...

Definitions

  1. stimulating the heart; tonic; coming from the...

Ancestry of “cordial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincordialisof the heart
2Latincorheart; soul, mind
3Proto-Italickordheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “cordial”

  • précordial
  • cordialement
  • cordialiser
  • cdlt
  • kordiala
  • kordio
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