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Where does “harmonie” come from?

harmonie (Old French) comes from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “harmonie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinharmoniaharmony, concordance of sounds; music, singing,...
2Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “harmonie”

  • harmony
  • Harmony
  • disharmony
  • harmonisation
  • inharmony
  • harmonist
  • Harmonist
  • Harmoni
  • harmonograph
  • nonharmony
  • synharmony
  • unharmony
  • harmonogram
  • polyharmony
  • synharmonic
  • telharmony
  • harmonie
  • armonye
  • armónaí
  • fo-armónach
  • anarmónach
  • armóin
  • armónach
  • d'sharmonie
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