The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμελοποιΐα
- English todaymelopoeia
From Ancient Greek μελοποιΐα (melopoiḯa), from μελοποιός (melopoiós, “song-maker, lyric poet”), from μελο- (melo-, “melo-”) + ποιεῖν (poieîn, “to make”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.