hymnody

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑμνῳδία
2. Latin · derived fromhymnodia
3. Old French · derived fromhymnodie
4. English todayhymnody

From Old French hymnodie, from Latin hymnodia, from Ancient Greek ὑμνῳδία (humnōidía), from ὑμνῳδέω (humnōidéō, “to sing a hymn”), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “song of praise”) + ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”).