Etymograph

English

accord

Accord comes from Old French acort ‘agreement’, and perhaps goes back to Latin concordāre.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcordāre1uncertain
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*accordāre1‘bring into accord, make agree’uncertain
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400acorder2‘to agree’uncertain
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400acort2‘agreement’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accord2
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1611accord2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old French acorder
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English accord
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “These all continued with one accord in prayer and…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcordāreWiktionary, Old French acorderuncertain
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*accordāreWiktionary, Old French acorder‘bring into accord, make agree’uncertain
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400acorderWiktionary, English accord‘to agree’uncertain
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400acortWiktionary, English accord‘agreement’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accordWiktionary, English accord
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1611accordWiktionary, English accord. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “These all continued with one accord in prayer and…”

Every English word from Latin concordāre

Another origin of accord

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerd-‘heart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥désreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kord‘heart’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcor‘heart’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcors‘peaceful, harmonious’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcordoas concordāre‘to agree, harmonise’by way of Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*accordāre‘bring into accord, make agree’reconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400acorder‘to agree’
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500accorden‘to agree’
  10. Englishtodayaccord

Today it means

noun Agreement of opinion, will, or action.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “accord”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Old French acorder. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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