The story
- Spanish · derived fromCórdoba
- Old French · derived fromcordoan“(leather) of Cordova”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromcordewaner
- Middle English · inherited fromcordewainer
- English todaycordwainer
From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.
Words from the same roots
SpanishCórdoba all →
Cordovacórdobacordwain
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.