English

enneachord

From ennea- + chord.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ ‘nine’

Proto-Hellenic *ennéwə ‘nine’

Ancient Greek ἐννέα ‘nine’

Ancient Greek χορδή ‘string of gut, the string of a lyre’

English chord

Today it means

noun An ancient Greek nine-stringed musical instrument.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / enneachord