Where does “agreement” come from?
Agreement comes from Middle English agrement, from Old French agrement, meaning consent or approval.
agreement (English): An understanding between entities to follow a...
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- An understanding between entities to follow a...
Ancestry of “agreement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | agrement | An understanding, agreement, or state of mutual... |
| 2 | Old French | agrement | agreement; accord |
| 3 | Old French | agreer | to please; to be pleasing to |
| 4 | Old French | gré | pleasure, goodwill; will; step |
| 5 | Latin | grātum | — |
| 6 | Latin | grātus | pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | grātos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷr̥Htós | praised |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerH- | to express approval; praise; to elevate |
Words derived from “agreement”
- disagreement
- nonagreement
- antiagreement
- girmitya
- agreement
- service agreement
- conditional agreement
- girmit
- letter agreement
- in agreement
- settlement agreement
- raging agreement
- end user license agreement
- unagreement
- agriman
- tolling agreement
- गिरमिट
- contractual agreement
- financial agreement
- interagreement
- legal agreement
- prenuptial agreement
- agrimen
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