Etymograph

English

concord

Concord comes from French concorde ‘harmony, concord’, from Latin concors ‘agreeing, of one mind’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- ‘heart’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerd-1‘heart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥dés1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kord1‘heart’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcor1‘heart’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcors2‘agreeing, of one mind’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcordia3‘an agreement together, union, harmony, concord’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcorde4‘harmony, concord’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1609concord4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin concors
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin concordia
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French concorde
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English concord
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 8: “If the true concord of well tuned ſounds, /…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱerd-Wiktionary, Latin concors‘heart’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥désWiktionary, Latin concorsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kordWiktionary, Latin concors‘heart’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcorWiktionary, Latin concors‘heart’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcorsWiktionary, Latin concordia‘agreeing, of one mind’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcordiaWiktionary, French concorde‘an agreement together, union, harmony, concord’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcordeWiktionary, English concord‘harmony, concord’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1609concordWiktionary, English concord. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 8: “If the true concord of well tuned ſounds, /…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- ‘heart’

heart, creed, cardiac, myocardium, 6 more

through Proto-Italic *kord ‘heart’

encourage, courageous, recorder, discordant, 8 more

through Latin cor ‘heart’

record, core, courage, discord, cordial, 13 more

through Latin concors ‘agreeing, of one mind’

accord, 2 more

Another origin of concord

  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 CEconcordō‘to agree, harmonise’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcorder
  8. Englishtodayconcord

Today it means

noun A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “concord”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin concors, Latin concordia, French concorde. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- / concord

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