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
Latin dis- (apart) + cor, cordis (heart) → discordare (disagree) → discordant
cordial — warm and friendly
Latin cor, cordis (heart) + -alis (relating to) → Medieval Latin cordialis → cordial
concord — agreement and peaceful harmony
Latin con- (together) + cor, cordis (heart) → concordia (agreement) → concord
record — to preserve information in writing, sound, or another lasting form
Latin re- (back) + cor, cordis (heart) → recordari (bring back to mind) → Old French recorder → record
accord — an agreement or a state of harmony
Latin ad- (to) + cor, cordis (heart) → accordare (bring into agreement) → Old French acorder → accord
courage — the ability to face danger or difficulty despite fear
Latin cor (heart) → Old French cuer (heart) + -age → corage → courage

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