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Where does “cordonner” come from?

cordonner (French) comes from French cordon, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.

cordonner (French): to twist into the form of a rope

Definitions

  1. to twist into the form of a rope

Ancestry of “cordonner”, step by step

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