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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

Definitions

  1. cord; cordon

Ancestry of “cordão”, step by step

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