Proto-Indo-European

*ḱerd-

‘heart’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-, most familiar first.

• heart ← harte ← heorte ← *hertā ← *hertô
• record ← recorde
• encourage ← encouragen ← encoragier ← encoragier ← corage
• courage ← corage ← corage ← *corāticum ← *corem
• cardiac ← cardiaque ← cardiacus ← κᾰρδῐᾰκός ← κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ
• accord ← accorden ← acorder ← *accordāre ← concordo
• creed ← crede ← crēda ← crēdō ← *krezdō
• courageous ← corajous ← corageus ← corage ← *corāticum
• concord ← concorde ← concordia ← concors ← cor
• discord ← descorde ← descort ← discordia ← discors
• concordia ← concors ← cor ← *kord ← *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés
• discordant ← discordaunt ← descorda(u)nt ← descordant ← discordō

More words from *ḱerd-

• heartstrings
• myocardium
• cordiform
• concordial
• precordium
• semicordate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-