Where does “corda” come from?

corda (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese corda, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

corda (Galician): rope, cord

Definitions

  1. rope, cord

Ancestry of “corda”, step by step

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

Words derived from “corda”

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