cord/cor

heart

Spelled cord, cor · cor, genitive cordis, 'heart'

Latin cor meant heart: concord joins hearts in agreement, cordial welcomes come from the heart, and courage carries the image of heart.

Words built from it

discordant — clashing in sound or being in disagreement
dis- (apart) + cord (heart) + -ant (being)
cordial — warm and friendly
cord (heart) + -ial (relating to)
concord — agreement and peaceful harmony
con- (together) + cord (heart)
record — to preserve information in writing, sound, or another lasting form
re- (back) + cord (heart)
accord — an agreement or a state of harmony
ac- (toward; form of ad-) + cord (heart)
courage — the ability to face danger or difficulty despite fear
cor (heart) + -age (state or quality)

cordon — It comes through French corde, meaning rope, from Latin chorda and Greek khorde, meaning string or gut-not cor, heart.

-al — turns a noun or root into an adjective meaning related to or characterized by it