accordance

The story

1. Old French · derived fromacordance“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”
2. Middle English · inherited fromaccordaunce
3. English todayaccordance

* (compliance): First attested around 1300. * (agreement): First attested in the early 14th century. * accord + -ance * From Middle English accordaunce, from Old French acordance (“agreeing, reconciliation, harmony”).