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”)

See also

Suits in Ido · emblemi (layout · text)
kordio karelo piquo trefo
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