Where does “pianó” come from?
pianó (Irish) comes from Irish cairdín, from English accordion, from German Akkordeon, from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder — in.
pianó (Irish): piano
Definitions
- piano
Ancestry of “pianó”, step by step
pianó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish cairdín
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | cairdín | accordion |
| 2 | English | accordion | A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose... |
| 3 | German | Akkordeon | accordion |
| 4 | German | Akkord | chord; piecework |
| 5 | French | accord | chord; agreement; permission, consent |
| 6 | French | accorder | to grant; to link to, to be related to; to make... |
| 7 | Middle French | accorder | to agree |
| 8 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 9 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 10 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English piano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piano | a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually... |
| 2 | English | pianoforte | A piano |
| 3 | Italian | pianoforte | piano, pianoforte |
| 4 | Italian | piano | plane; flat, level; plain |
| 5 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 6 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |