Etymology

prosodion

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Today it means: A processional hymn. Full definition →

Ancient Greek προσόδιον ← Koine Greek προσόδιος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρόσοδος“procession”
  2. Koine Greek · derived fromπροσόδιος
  3. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπροσόδιον
  4. English todayprosodion

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσόδιον (prosódion), use as noun of neuter of Koine Greek προσόδιος (prosódios) (though apparently first attested later), from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος (prósodos, “procession”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπροσόδιον all →

prosodiac

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