Latin

cor

‘heart’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin cor.

20 English words in this record descend from Latin cor, most familiar first.

• record ← recorden ← recorder ← recordārī
• core ← cuer ← *corem
• encourage ← encouragen ← encoragier ← encoragier ← corage
• courage ← corage ← corage ← *corāticum ← *corem
• accord ← accorden ← acorder ← *accordāre ← concordo
• recorder ← recordour ← recordour ← recordeor ← recordātor
• courageous ← corajous ← corageus ← corage ← *corāticum
• concord ← concorde ← concordia ← concors
• discord ← descorde ← descort ← discordia ← discors
• concordia ← concors
• cordial ← cordiālis
• discordant ← discordaunt ← descorda(u)nt ← descordant ← discordō

More words from cor

• anticor
• cordiform
• concordial
• corcule
• corculum
• corazonin
• precordium
• semicordate

Etymograph / Latin cor