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Where does “concordance” come from?

Concordance comes from Old French concordance, derived from Late Latin concordantia, meaning agreement or harmony.

concordance (English): Agreement; accordance; consonance; Agreement of...

Definitions

  1. Agreement; accordance; consonance; Agreement of...

Ancestry of “concordance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconcordance—
2Late Latinconcordantia—

Words derived from “concordance”

  • concordancer
  • concordantial
Every word from Late Latin concordantia →