The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐλεγεῖον“elegy”
- Latin · borrowed fromēlogium“short saying, inscription”
- English todayelogium
Borrowed from Latin ēlogium (“short saying, inscription”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “elegy”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “song, melody”). Doublet of elogy.
Words from the same roots
Latinēlogium all →
elogeelogy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.