Accordance
/əˈkɔːrdəns/noun
The state of agreeing or being in harmony with something.
Did you know?Accordance descends from Latin *accordare*, literally “to bring to heart” or “to agree,” because *cor* meant “heart” in the old sense of inner feeling and will.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱḗr
“heart”
Latin
Latin
cor
“heart; inner self, feeling, courage”
Late Latin
Latin
accordāre
“to bring into agreement; to make one in heart”
Old French
Old French
accordance
“agreement; harmony”
Middle English
English
accordaunce
“agreement; conformity”
Modern English
English
accordance
“the state of agreement or conformity”