Etymology

melodious

M3E1L1O1D2I1O1U1S1

Today it means: Having a pleasant melody or sound; tuneful. Full definition →

Middle English melodious ← Middle French melodieus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle French · derived frommelodieus
  2. Middle English · inherited frommelodious
  3. English todaymelodious

Inherited from Middle English melodious, from Middle French melodieus, melodieux. By surface analysis, melod(i) + -ous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.