Where does “Corund” come from?
Corund (Romanian) comes from Hungarian korund, from Hungarian köröm, from Hungarian kör, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor — heart.
Ancestry of “Corund”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | korund | corundum |
| 2 | Hungarian | köröm | nail, claw; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Hungarian | kör | circle; circle, ring, company; round, lap |
| 4 | French | Cœur | heart |
| 5 | Middle French | cœur | Alternative form of coeur |
| 6 | Old French | cuer | heart |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *corem | — |
| 8 | Latin | cor | heart; soul, mind |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kord | heart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |