Etymology

odeon

Ode·on
O1D2E1O1N1

Today it means: An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

odeon · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromᾠδεῖον
  2. English todayodeon

From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).

Odeon · proper noun, noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromᾨδεῖον
  2. English todayOdeon

From Ancient Greek ᾨδεῖον (Ōideîon), from ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon, “odeon”), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.