Cor
/kɔːr/noun
A Latin word meaning "heart," used in English in scientific, medical, and literary contexts.
Did you know?The same ancient root behind *cor* also gave English words like *cordial* and *accord*, because in older thought the heart was the place where harmony, sincerity, and affection were literally joined.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱḗr
“heart, the physical organ and center of feeling”
Latin
Latin
cor
“heart”
Late Latin
Latin
cor, cordis
“heart; the inner seat of feeling and will”
Old French
Old French
cuer / coer
“heart”
Modern English
English
cor
“a combining form used in learned borrowings and scientific terms related to the heart”