Where does “kord” come from?
kord (Polish) comes from Hungarian kard, from English card, from Middle English carde, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kord (Polish): cutlass
Definitions
- cutlass
Ancestry of “kord”, step by step
kord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kard | sword |
| 2 | English | card | A playing card; Any game using playing cards; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | carde | playing card |
| 4 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 5 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 6 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 7 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 8 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 9 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via English cord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cord | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example) |
| 2 | Middle English | corde | A long, thick length of fibre; One of the strings... |
| 3 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 4 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | bowels, intestines |