Etymology

accord

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Today it means: Agreement of opinion, will, or action. Full definition →

Middle English accord ← Old French acort
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accord · noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromacort
  2. Middle English · inherited fromaccord
  3. English todayaccord

From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below).

accord · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-
  2. Latin · derived fromad-
  3. Latin · derived fromconcordāre
  4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*accordāre
  5. Old French · derived fromacorder
  6. Middle English · inherited fromaccorden
  7. English todayaccord

From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, from Latin concordāre via prefix substitution (with Latin ad-), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-, and thus distantly related to English heart (via Proto-Germanic *hertô).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchacorder all →

accordion

Latinad- all →

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