Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. · A line segment between two points of a curve. · A horizontal member of a truss. · A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.
To write chords for. · To accord; to harmonize together. · To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). No relation to French accord (“chord”) and its derivations. Doublet of cuerda.
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This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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