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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	kerd-
DEFINITION:	Heart. Oldest form erd-, becoming kerd- in centum languages. 1. Suffixed form kerd-en-. heart, from Old English heorte,* heart, from Germanic hertn-. 2. Zero-grade form kd-. a. cordate, cordial, courage, quarry¹; accord, concord, cordiform, discord, misericord, record, from Latin cor (stem cord-), heart; b. suffixed form kd-y-. cardia, cardiac, cardio-; endocardium, epicardium, megalocardia, myocardium, pericardium, from Greek kardi,* heart, stomach, orifice. 3. Possibly kred-dh-, “to place trust” (an old religious term; dh-, to do, place; see dh-). credence, credible, credit, credo, credulous, grant; miscreant, recreant, from Latin crdere, to believe. (Pokorny (ered-) 579.)


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