English
harmonious
Harmonious comes from Middle French harmonieux, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600harmonieux
- Englishtodayharmonious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600harmonieux
- Englishtodayharmonious
Equivalent to harmony + -ous
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join, fit, fix together’
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Ancient Greek ἁρμονία ‘joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds’
Latin harmonia ‘harmony, concordance of sounds’
Old French harmonie
Middle English armonye
English harmony
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, ready, reason, rate, art, article, army, artist, arm, ordinary, ratio, alarm, coordinate, coordination, arthritis, subordinate, armor, articulate, anarchy, ornament, arithmetic, ornate, inertia, ordination, aristocratic, artisan, inert, adorn, ordinate, ordinator, armament, articulation, ordinal, rta, rime, ordain, philharmonic, artifice, armadillo, ordo, 80 more
Today it means
adj Showing accord in feeling or action.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / harmonious