The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιανισμός“chanting of the paean”
- English todaypaenismus
From Ancient Greek παιανισμός (paianismós, “chanting of the paean”), from παιάν (paián, “paean, song of triumph”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”). Also written παιωνισμός (paiōnismós) with the Attic form παιών (paiṓn).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.