Where does “cordon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cordon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcordon
2Old Frenchcordonbowstring
3Old Frenchcorderope
4Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
5Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
6Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines

Words derived from “cordon

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-
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