Where does “cordado” come from?

cordado (Portuguese) comes from Translingual Chordata, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- — bowels, intestines.

cordado (Portuguese): chordate any member of the phylum

Definitions

  1. chordate any member of the phylum

Ancestry of “cordado”, step by step

cordado traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Chordata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualChordataChordates; animals having a notochord at some stage of their development, defined as either of
2Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
3Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines

via Latin cordatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincordatuswise, prudent, judicious, sagacious;...
2Latincorheart; soul, mind
3Proto-Italickordheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Portuguese corda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecordarope, string; winding mechanism; cord,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-Every word from Ancient Greek χορδήEvery word from Latin chorda