Where does “cordatrice” come from?
cordatrice (Italian) comes from Italian corda, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.
cordatrice (Italian): rope making machine
Ancestry of “cordatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | corda | rope; chord, cord; string, cord |
| 2 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | — |