Word origin
[1775–85; ‹ NL ‹ Gk
kardía a medical term for this opening, lit.,
heart; perh. so called because the opening is on the same side of the body as the heart
]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Americanism, flashing, impact, parachute, waltz