decachord
English
noun
Definitions
- An Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp.
- Anything having ten parts.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek δέκα (ten) + Ancient Greek χορδή (cord, string of gut, guts, string, tendon, rope, entrails, tripe, intestines, string of a musical instrument).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χορδή
Gloss
cord, string of gut, guts, string, tendon, rope, entrails, tripe, intestines, string of a musical instrument
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
臓
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chorda Latin
- decem Latin
- deka- Hungarian
- chordofoon Dutch, Flemish
- cordado Spanish, Castilian
- δέκα Ancient Greek
- δυοκαίδεκα Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- dek Esperanto
- δέκα Greek (modern)
- χορδή Greek (modern)
- хорда Bulgarian
- δεκανός grc-koi
- *dékə Proto-Hellenic