Where does “cor” come from?

cor (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cor, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cor (Galician): color, hue; heart; Alternative form of calor

Definitions

  1. color, hue; heart; Alternative form of calor

Ancestry of “cor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecorheart
2Vulgar Latin*corem
3Latincorheart; soul, mind
4Proto-Italickordheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “cor

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗrEvery word from Proto-Italic kordEvery word from Latin cor