Where does “cordão” come from?
cordão (Portuguese) comes from French cordon, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-.
cordão (Portuguese): cord; cordon
Ancestry of “cordão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | cordon | cord |
| 2 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 3 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | — |