Where does “アコーディオン” come from?
アコーディオン (Japanese) comes from English accordion, from German Akkordeon, from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare — in.
アコーディオン (Japanese): an accordion
Ancestry of “アコーディオン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | accordion | A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose... |
| 2 | German | Akkordeon | accordion |
| 3 | German | Akkord | chord; piecework |
| 4 | French | accord | chord; agreement; permission, consent |
| 5 | French | accorder | to grant; to link to, to be related to; to make... |
| 6 | Middle French | accorder | to agree |
| 7 | Old French | acorder | to concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an... |
| 8 | Latin | concordare | — |
| 9 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 11 | Latin | în | — |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |