Etymograph

English

anticor

Anticor comes from Latin cor ‘heart’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-1‘heart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kord1‘heart’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcor2‘heart’
  4. Englishtodayanticor2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin cor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English anticor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-Wiktionary, Latin cor‘heart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kordWiktionary, Latin cor‘heart’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorWiktionary, English anticor‘heart’
  4. EnglishtodayanticorWiktionary, English anticor

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kord ‘heart’

courageous, recorder, concordia, discordant, 6 more

through Latin cor ‘heart’

record, encourage, core, courage, accord, discord, concord, cordial, 11 more

Today it means

noun A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart, caused by the friction of a harness.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “anticor”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin cor. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d- / anticor

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