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Harmony

3 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a pleasing combination or agreement between elements
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Stage 1 of 3
harmonia
Greek · ancient
"agreement, musical concord"
agreement or concord, especially in music
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Stage 2 of 3
harmonie
Old French · medieval
"agreement, musical concord"
carried into French musical and general vocabulary
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Stage 3 of 3
harmony
English · 1300s
"a pleasing combination or agreement"
settled as the English word for pleasing agreement
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