cordel

The story

1. Latin · derived fromchorda“rope, cord”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*cordellus“little rope”
3. Catalan · derived fromcordell“cord, string”
4. Spanish · borrowed fromcordel“surveying rope, 50 varas”
5. English todaycordel

From Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), from Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope”), from Latin chorda (“rope, cord”) + -ellus (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to cord + -el.

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