Accorder

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who bestows a requested privilege or a mechanism that facilitates harmonious sound production in music
2. An individual that provides or concedes a desired request as well as an apparatus that creates synchronized musical notes
3. To give or allow something requested or desired ; to adjust a musical instrument to produce the correct pitch or harmony

Etymology: The ending is the common suffix "-er", which passes through Old French "-ier" from Latin "-arius" and reached English as Middle English "-er". Attaching it to "accord" yields a word for someone who performs the action of according, which in this sense means granting or bestowing something. Accord itself comes from Old French "acorder", meaning to agree or reconcile, which traces back to Latin "ad" (to) plus "cor" (heart).