Where does “accordéon” come from?
accordéon (French) comes from German Akkordeon, from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare, from Latin ad- — in.
accordéon (French): accordion
Ancestry of “accordéon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Akkordeon | accordion |
| 2 | German | Akkord | chord; piecework |
| 3 | French | accord | chord; agreement; permission, consent |
| 4 | French | accorder | to grant; to link to, to be related to; to make... |
| 5 | Middle French | accorder | to agree |
| 6 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 7 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “accordéon”