kordio

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English cordial, French cordial, Italian cordiale, Spanish cordial, ultimately from Latin cor (compare Esperanto koro), from Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kor.di.o/, /kɔɾ.di.ɔ/

Noun

kordio (plural kordii)

1. (anatomy, card games, etc.) heart
2. (figuratively) heart (symbol)

Derived terms

• kordiala (“cardiac, hearty, cordial”)
• kordia

• bonakordia (“good hearted, ungrudging”)
• senkordia (“poor-spirited”)

• kordiika (“cardiac, heart-diseased”)
• kordiiko (“heart-diseased”)