Where does “Akkordarbeit” come from?
Akkordarbeit (German) comes from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Akkordarbeit (German): piecework
Definitions
- piecework
Ancestry of “Akkordarbeit”, step by step
Akkordarbeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Akkord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Akkord | chord; piecework |
| 2 | French | accord | chord; agreement; permission, consent |
| 3 | French | accorder | to grant; to link to, to be related to; to make... |
| 4 | Middle French | accorder | to agree |
| 5 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 6 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German arbeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | arbeit | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| 2 | Middle High German | arbeit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | arbeit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |