Where does “accorgan” come from?
accorgan (English) comes from English accordion, from German Akkordeon, from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare — in.
accorgan (English): A musical instrument combining an electronic keyboard with an accordion
Definitions
- A musical instrument combining an electronic keyboard with an accordion
Ancestry of “accorgan”, step by step
accorgan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English accordion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | accordion | A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose... |
| 2 | German | Akkordeon | accordion |
| 3 | German | Akkord | chord; piecework |
| 4 | French | accord | chord; agreement; permission, consent |
| 5 | French | accorder | to grant; to link to, to be related to; to make... |
| 6 | Middle French | accorder | to agree |
| 7 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 8 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 9 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English organ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | organ | A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues... |
| 2 | Middle English | organe | A device used to produce music; a musical... |
| 3 | Old French | organe | — |
| 4 | Latin | organum | an implement, instrument, tool; any musical... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄργανον | instrument, implement, tool; sense organ; musical... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |