Discord
/ˈdɪs.kɔːrd/noun
Lack of agreement or harmony; conflict.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin discordia, built from dis- (“apart”) + cor (“heart”), and in Roman thought the heart was the seat of inner harmony, so discord was literally a splitting of the self.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱḗr
“heart”
Latin
Latin
cor, cordis
“heart”
Latin
Latin
discordia
“lack of harmony; disagreement”
Old French
Old French
discorde
“strife; disagreement”
Middle English
English
discord
“strife; disagreement”
Modern English
English
discord
“lack of agreement or harmony; conflict”