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The word spine derives from the Latin word spina=backbone.

The word cord derives from the Greek word χορδή = string of a musical instrument (it found its way into English via Latin, in which it was changed into chorda).

However, the combination of the two words into "spinal cord" is a purely English coinage. The Romans used "spinalis medulla" which is a translation of the Greek term νωτιαίος μυελός, meaning "the marrow of the spine."

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