cordial
English
/ˈkɔː.dɪ.əl/, /ˈkɔɹ.dɪ.əl/
adj
Definitions
- Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
- Radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
- (rare) Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
- (obsolete) Proceeding from the heart.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cordial root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- (heart).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱerd-
Gloss
heart
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
心
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cardiac English
- cardiogram English
- cardiology English
- cordialise English
- cordiality English
- cordialize English
- cordially English
- cordialness English
- credential English
- creditable English
- noncordial English
- uncordial English
- uncordiality English
- uncordially English
- concordia Latin
- cordiālis Latin
- credibilis Latin
- creditum Latin
- credulus Latin
- crēdibilis Latin
- crēditor Latin
- crēditum Latin
- crēdulitās Latin
- crēdulus Latin
- crēdēns Latin
- crēdō Latin
- discordāre Latin
- discredo Latin
- incrēdibilis Latin
- recordārī Latin
- cardiocinetico Italian
- cordiale Italian
- cordial French
- cordialement French
- cordialiser French
- précordial French
- середина Russian
- καρδία Ancient Greek
- *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred dʰeh₁-, *ḱréddʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱred-dʰh₁-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥d- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥d-, *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *hertô Proto-Germanic
- hjärta Swedish
- ellen Old English
- श्रद्धा Sanskrit
- cordial Middle English
- hjarta Old Norse
- record Old French
- kordiala Ido
- kordio Ido
- *śerd- Proto-Balto-Slavic