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Where does “accordeonfile” come from?

accordeonfile (Dutch) comes from Dutch accordeon, from French accordéon, from German Akkordeon, from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder — in.

accordeonfile (Dutch): heavy stop-and-start traffic

Definitions

  1. heavy stop-and-start traffic

Ancestry of “accordeonfile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaccordeonaccordion
2Frenchaccordéonaccordion
3GermanAkkordeonaccordion
4GermanAkkordchord; piecework
5Frenchaccordchord; agreement; permission, consent
6Frenchaccorderto grant; to link to, to be related to; to make...
7Middle Frenchaccorderto agree
8Old Frenchacorderto concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an...
9Latinconcordare—
10Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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