Harmonious
/hɑːrˈmoʊ.ni.əs/noun
In agreement, balanced, or pleasingly combined in sound, color, or relationship.
Did you know?English *harmonious* comes through Greek *harmonia*, a word for fitting, joining, and musical concord, and that same root also gave us the eerie, fate-heavy word *harmony* itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ar-
“to fit together, join”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἁρμονία (harmonía)
“a fitting together, agreement, concord; later musical harmony”
Latin
Latin
harmonia
“harmony, concord”
Middle English
English
harmonious
“having harmony; in accord”
Modern English
English
harmonious
“pleasantly in tune or in agreement”
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