Where does “còrd” come from?
còrd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
còrd (Scottish Gaelic): cord, line; agree
Definitions
- cord, line; agree
Ancestry of “còrd”, step by step
còrd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English accord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | accord | — |
| 2 | Old French | acort | agreement; accord |
| 3 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 4 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |