The story
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*próti, *préti
- Ancient Greekπρός (prós)
- Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
- Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
- Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
- Latinprosōdia
- Middle Frenchprosodie
- English todayprosody
From Middle French prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπροσῳδία all →
acute accent
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.