Where does “herenakkoord” come from?
herenakkoord (Dutch) comes from Dutch akkoord, from Middle Dutch accoort, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
herenakkoord (Dutch): gentleman's agreement
Definitions
- gentleman's agreement
Ancestry of “herenakkoord”, step by step
herenakkoord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch akkoord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | akkoord | chord; agreement, accord |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | accoort | — |
| 3 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 4 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Dutch heer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heer | A lord; master; A gentleman; A cleric, notably a... |
| 2 | Old Dutch | heri | army |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hari | army |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |