Etymology

concordance

con·cor·dance
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Today it means: Agreement; accordance; consonance. Full definition →

Old French concordance ← Late Latin concordantia ← Latin concordō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Old Latincom
  5. Latincum
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés
  8. Proto-Italic*kord
  9. Latincor
  10. Latinconcors
  11. Latinconcordō
  12. Late Latinconcordantia
  13. Old Frenchconcordance
  14. English todayconcordance

From Old French concordance, from Late Latin concordantia.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinconcordantia all →

concordancy

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