(Greek: khorde, "gut string" [of a lyre]; used in an extended sense to mean "sinew, flexible rod-shaped organ, string, cord"; Latin: chorda, "related notes in music, string of a musical instrument, cat-gut" via Old French, corde, "rope, string, twist, cord")

(Latin: plicare, plecare, to fold, bend, curve, turn, twine, twist, interweave, weave)

(Greek: turn, twist; bend)

(Latin: bend, curve, turn, twist)

(Latin: bend, curve, turn, turn around, twist, roll)

(Greek: to twist, to turn)

(Greek: a twisting, to twist; easily bent or twisted, like a chain)