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Where does “accordant” come from?

Accordant comes from Middle English acordaunt, meaning agreement or harmony in sound or action.

accordant (English): In agreement; agreeing

Definitions

  1. In agreement; agreeing

Ancestry of “accordant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishacordauntaccordant; agreeing
2EnglishaccordAgreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or...
3Middle Englishaccord—
4Old Frenchacort—
5Old Frenchacorderto concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an...
6Latinconcordare—
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-—
9Latinîn—
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “accordant”

  • accordantly
  • inaccordant
  • disaccordant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →