Chord

Morpheme

Chord

Type

free base

Denotation

string, stretched line

Etymology

respelling of Middle English corde; Old French corde; Latin chorda; Ancient Greek khordḗ

Evidence

achordal, bichord, chord, chordal, chordality, chordally, chordate, chorded, chording, chordless, chordlike, chordoma, chords, chordwise, chordwork, counterchord, dichord, enneachord, epichordal, glasschord, glassichord, hexachord, hypochordal, idiochord, multichord, nonchord, nonchordal, notochord, parachordal, pentachord, perichordal, polychord, prechordal, prochordal, subchord, tetrachord, trichord, urochord

Notes

homophone of Cord

Doublet

Cord, Cuerda

See Also

Cord, Cuerda