The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέλισμα“song”
- English todaymelisma
From Ancient Greek μέλισμα (mélisma, “song”), from μελίζω (melízō, “(I) sing, modulate; (I) celebrate in song”), from μέλος (mélos, “song, tune, melody; limb, part; member”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.