Where does “Schlussakkord” come from?

Schlussakkord (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.

Schlussakkord (German): final chord

Definitions

  1. final chord

Ancestry of “Schlussakkord”, step by step

Schlussakkord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Akkord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAkkordchord; piecework
2Frenchaccordchord; agreement; permission, consent
3Frenchaccorderto grant; to link to, to be related to; to make...
4Middle Frenchaccorderto agree
5Old Frenchacorderto concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an...
6Latinconcordare
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via German Schluß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlußFormerly standard spelling of Schluss which was...
2Middle High Germansluz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-
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