Where does “corde” come from?

corde (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

Ancestry of “corde”, step by step

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

Words derived from “corde

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-