Where does “discord” come from?
Discord comes from Middle English descorde, from Old French discorde, from Latin discordia meaning disagreement, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning two.
discord (English): Lack of concord, agreement or harmony; Tension or...
Definitions
- Lack of concord, agreement or harmony; Tension or...
Ancestry of “discord”, step by step
discord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English descorde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | descorde | — |
| 2 | Old French | descort | disagreement; discord |
| 3 | Latin | Discordia | disagreement, dissension, variance, discord |
| 4 | Latin | discors | discordant; inharmonious; different |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English cord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cord | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example) |
| 2 | Middle English | corde | A long, thick length of fibre; One of the strings... |
| 3 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 4 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | bowels, intestines |