The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδῑθύραμβος
- Latin · derived fromdithyrambus
- English todaydithyramb
From Latin dithyrambus, from Ancient Greek δῑθύραμβος (dīthúrambos). According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it is of non-Indo-European origin (Pre-Greek substrate, Illyrian/Phrygian), related to θρίαμβος (thríambos) and ἴαμβος (íambos). Brandenstein also compares Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “member”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.