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Where does “аккордеон” come from?

аккордеон (Russian) comes from French accordéon, from German Akkordeon, from German Akkord, from French accord, from French accorder, from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Latin concordare — in.

Ancestry of “аккордеон”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaccordéonaccordion
2GermanAkkordeonaccordion
3GermanAkkordchord; piecework
4Frenchaccordchord; agreement; permission, consent
5Frenchaccorderto grant; to link to, to be related to; to make...
6Middle Frenchaccorderto agree
7Old Frenchacorderto concede; to allow; to agree; to come to an...
8Latinconcordare—
9Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

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