Where does “accordingly” come from?
Accordingly derives from Middle English acordingli, formed from accord with the adverbial suffix -li.
accordingly (English): Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; In natural...
Definitions
- Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; In natural...
Ancestry of “accordingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | acordingli | accordingly |
| 2 | English | according | present participle of accord; Agreeing; in... |
| 3 | English | accord | Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or... |
| 4 | Middle English | accord | — |
| 5 | Old French | acort | agreement; accord |
| 6 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 7 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |