The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσπονδειακός“(music) used at a libation”
- Latin · derived fromspondaicus
- English todayspondaic
From Latin spondaicus, spondiacus, from Ancient Greek σπονδειακός (spondeiakós, “(music) used at a libation”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.