Cuore etymology

Italian

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

Etymology of cuore

Detailed word origin of cuore

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*ḱḗr ~ ḱr̥d- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*ḱr̥d- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kord Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Heart.
cordis Latin (lat)
cuore Italian (it) (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-

misericordia ricordare