Where does “χορδωτά” come from?

χορδωτά (Greek) comes from Translingual Chordata, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

χορδωτά (Greek): The Chordata, the chordates

Definitions

  1. The Chordata, the chordates

Ancestry of “χορδωτά”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualChordataChordates; animals having a notochord at some stage of their development, defined as either of
2Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
3Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- →Every word from Ancient Greek χορδή →Every word from Latin chorda →