Etymograph

English

corcule

Corcule comes from Latin corculum ‘a little 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. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorculum2‘a little heart’diminutive of cor
  5. Englishtodaycorcule2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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

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 corcule‘heart’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorculumWiktionary, English corcule‘a little heart’diminutive of cor
  5. EnglishtodaycorculeWiktionary, English corcule

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 The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “corcule”; 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- / corcule

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