Where does “cordame” come from?

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

cordame (Italian): ropes; rigging; yarn

Definitions

  1. ropes; rigging; yarn

Ancestry of “cordame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancordarope; chord, cord; string, cord
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 →