Etymology

echoi

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Today it means: One of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἦχοι
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἦχοι“sounds”
  2. English todayechoi

From Ancient Greek ἦχοι (êkhoi, “sounds”), plural of ἦχος (êkhos).

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