Where does “cordon” come from?

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

cordon (Old French): bowstring

Definitions

  1. bowstring

Ancestry of “cordon”, step by step

cordon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French corde

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

via Old French on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchonone

Words derived from “cordon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- →Every word from Ancient Greek χορδή →Every word from Latin chorda →