cuore etymology

Italian word cuore comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ ḱr̥d-, and later Proto-Italic *kord (Heart.)

Detailed word origin of cuore

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*ḱḗr ~ ḱr̥d- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*ḱr̥d- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*kord Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Heart.
cordis Latin (lat)
cuore Italian (ita) (anatomy) heart. (card games, in the plural) heart. Heart (emotion). Heart, breast, bosom. Heart, core, centre, middle.

Words with the same origin as cuore

Descendants of *ḱerd-
coraggio credenza credere credibile credito misericordia ricordare ricordo scordare