Etymology

cardio-

car·dio-

Today it means: Relating to the heart. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía) ← Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  5. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  6. English todaycardio-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαρδία all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.