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Origin and history of cord

cord(n.)

c. 1300,corde, "a string or small rope composed of several strands twisted or woven together; bowstring, hangman's rope," from Old Frenchcorde "rope, string, twist, cord," from Latinchorda "string of a musical instrument, cat-gut," from Greekkhorde "string, catgut, chord, cord," from PIE root*ghere- "intestine."

Also from c. 1300 as "string of a musical instrument." From c. 1400 as "a tendon or muscle." Figurative sense of "anything which binds or restrains" is from late 14c. Meaning "raised, cord-like rib on the surface of cloth" is from 1776. As a measure of wood of 128 cubic feet (eight feet long, four feet high and wide) first recorded 1610s, so called because it was measured with a cord of rope.

also from c. 1300

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"related notes in music," 1590s, ultimately a shortening ofaccord (or borrowed from a similar development in French) and influenced bycorde "string of a musical instrument" (c. 1300), which is Latinchorda "catgut, a string" of a musical instrument (seecord (n.)).

English cord as a shortening ofaccord is attested from mid-14c.;cord meaning "music" is attested in English from late 14c. The spelling with an-h- is first recorded c. 1600, from further confusion withchord (n.2) and perhaps also classical correction. Originally two notes sounded simultaneously; of three or more from 18c.

keyboard musical instrument with strings, invented in the Middle Ages and in general use in Germany, mid-15c., from Medieval Latinclavicordium (15c.), from Latinclavis "a key" (from PIE root*klau- "hook") +chorda "a string" (seecord (n.) and compareclavier). It was replaced 18c. by the pianoforte.

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mid-15c., "cord, lace, or ribbon of fine material worn as an ornament or token of victory," from Old French cordon "ribbon, cord," diminutive of corde "cord" (see cord). Military sense of "a line of troops or military posts guarding a place" is by 1758. The original sense is pres

"thick, cotton stuff with a corded or ridged surface," 1774, probably from cord + obsolete 17c. duroy, name of a coarse fabric made in England, which is of unknown origin. Folk etymology is from *corde du roi "the king's cord," but this is not attested in French, where the term f

early 13c., laz, "cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, etc.," from Old French laz "a net, noose, string, cord...Later also "net, noose, snare" (c. 1300); and "piece of cord used to draw together the edges of slits or openings in an article...In Middle English it mostly had the sense "cord, thread," especially for tying or binding....From 1540s as "ornamental cord or braid," hence the meaning "fabric of fine threads in a patterned ornamental open net" (...

from Proto-Germanic *snarkho (source also of Middle Dutch snare, Dutch snaar, Old High German snare, German Schnur "noose, cord...," Old English snear "a string, cord")....

edition of Eliza Acton's "Modern Cookery"), from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto "string, twine," diminutive of spago "cord...Spaghetti strap is from 1972, so called for being thin and cord-like....

French torment "torture, pain, anguish, suffering distress" (11c., Modern French tourment), from Latin tormentum "twisted cord...

"woven fabric, pliable stuff made of intertexture of threads or fibers," Old English claþ "a cloth, sail, cloth covering, woven or felted material to wrap around one," hence, also, "garment," from Proto-Germanic *kalithaz (source also of Old Frisian klath "cloth," Middle Dutch cl

early 15c., "heap or stack of something," usually consisting of an indefinite number of separate objects arranged in a more or less regular conical or pyramidal form, from Old French pile "a heap, a stack," and directly from Latin pila "a pillar," also "stone barrier, pier" (see

Old English tapur, taper "candle, lamp-wick," not found outside English, possibly a specialized borrowing and dissimilation of Latin papyrus (see papyrus), which was used in Medieval Latin and some Romance languages for "wick of a candle" (such as Old Italian dialectal (Tuscany)

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