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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...

Definitions

  1. An understanding between entities to follow a...

Ancestry of “agreement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishagrementAn understanding, agreement, or state of mutual...
2Old Frenchagrementagreement; accord
3Old Frenchagreerto please; to be pleasing to
4Old Frenchgrépleasure, goodwill; will; step
5Latingrātum—
6Latingrātus—
7Proto-Italicgrātos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷr̥Htós—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷerH-to express approval; praise; to elevate

Words derived from “agreement”

  • disagreement
  • nonagreement
  • antiagreement
  • settlement agreement
  • end user license agreement
  • service agreement
  • unagreement
  • letter agreement
  • in agreement
  • predisagreement
  • raging agreement
  • conditional agreement
  • agreement
  • agriman
  • girmit
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