accordo Italian · revision 37598

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=1207–1208, Venetian pact with Aleppo|origins=la cor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /akˈkɔr.do/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''accordo''' ''m'' (plural accordi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun formed [[af|it|accordare|-o]], from the verb meaning “to bring into agreement”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[la-vul|*accordō|alt=*accordāre]], formed from [[la|cor|t=heart]] (genitive ⟨cordis⟩) with the prefix [[m|la|ad-]] on the model of [[m|la|concordō|t=to agree]].^(LEI|1, 310)^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) The noun has parallels in [[fr|accord]], [[pro|acort]] and [[es|acuerdo]].^(LEI|1, 310)^(REW 1935)

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+ The sense of the verb went from “to give the same heart” to “to harmonize”, and in music it was associated with [[corda]] “string”.^(Nocentini 2010) Some scholars therefore separate a musical verb from [[la|chorda|t=string]]: Prati, Devoto and DEI did so, and Meyer-Lübke argued that Latin would have had no reason to replace the older verb with a verb whose prefix fits less well.^(DELI 1999)^(REW 1935) The LEI follows Ernout in deriving it from the word for “heart”, with a strong influence of the word for “string” already in Latin, and DELI agrees.^(LEI|1, 310)^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is a Venetian pact with Aleppo of 1207–1208, for an agreement regulating economic and political relations.^(TLIO) Medieval Latin ''acordum'' “pact” is recorded at Venice in 1218, and Italian ''accordo'' in the ''Novellino'' at the end of the 13th century.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “concord, agreement of feelings or opinions” is in Ricordano Malispini, and the adverb ''d'accordo'' in Dino Compagni (1310–1312).^(DELI 1999) Giovanni Villani, before 1348, has ''d'amore e d'accordo'' “in perfect harmony”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ The musical sense, several sounds heard together, appears in Vincenzo Galilei in 1581; painters used the word for the harmony of colours, and grammarians for agreement in 1865.^(DELI 1999)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The 16th–17th-century ''accordo'', a set of instruments of one kind in different sizes, passed into German (1732) and French (1776) as the name of an instrument of the viol family.^(DIFIT)^(DEI|31) German ''Akkord'' in commerce, from the second half of the 15th century, blends the French and Italian words.^(DIFIT)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1207–1208 – A Venetian pact with Aleppo uses the noun.^(TLIO)

+ * 1218 – Medieval Latin ''acordum'' is recorded at Venice.^(DELI 1999)

+ * End of the 13th century – The ''Novellino'' uses ''accordo'' “pact”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1310–1312 – Dino Compagni uses ''d'accordo''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1348 – Giovanni Villani uses ''d'amore e d'accordo''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1581 – Vincenzo Galilei uses the musical sense.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1732 – German ''Accordo'' is recorded for an instrument and a chord.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1776 – French ''accordo'' is recorded for a viol-type instrument.^(DIFIT)

+ * 1865 – The grammatical sense “agreement” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|agreement]], harmony of opinions, aims or feelings: ''Tra i due fratelli regna un grande accordo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A pact, settlement or [[m|en|treaty]]: ''I sindacati hanno firmato l’accordo con l’azienda.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(law)'' The meeting of the parties' wills needed to make a contract.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # Harmony between the parts of a whole, or between colours.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

+ # ''(music)'' A [[m|en|chord]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(grammar)'' Agreement, concord.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[disaccordo]]

+ * [[accordicchio]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[accordare]]

+ * [[concordia]]

+ * [[concordare]]

+ * [[cuore]]

+ * [[corda]]

+ * [[la|cor]]

+ * [[fr|accord]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''D'accordo'' means “agreed” (''essere d'accordo'', ''andare d'accordo'') and, as a reply, “OK”; the superlative ''d'accordissimo'' is colloquial.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) Tommaseo–Bellini also record ''accordo'' for an old stringed instrument and for the wire used to tune an organ's reed pipes.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(DEI|31)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}