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Where does “corda” come from?

corda (Italian) comes from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.

corda (Italian): rope; chord, cord; string, cord

Definitions

  1. rope; chord, cord; string, cord

Ancestry of “corda”, step by step

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

Words derived from “corda”

  • pentacordo
  • corderia
  • cordaio
  • tricorde
  • capocorda
  • unicorde
  • cordone
  • incordare
  • cordame
  • incordatura
  • incordatore
  • incordatrice
  • cordatrice
  • incordamento
  • monocorde
  • corde
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