English
epicede
Epicede comes from Latin epicēdīon, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπικήδειονepikḗdeion
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepicēdīon
- Englishearliest quotation 1875epicede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐπικήδειονepikḗdeion
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEepicēdīon
- Englishearliest quotation 1875epicede
Earliest quotation: 1875, Algernon Charles Swinburne: “This epicede, longer and more ornate than that issued…”
A compound of ἐπί ‘upon’ + κῆδος ‘care’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- ‘to grab, snatch, get’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’
Proto-Hellenic *epí
Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘upon’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- ‘care, grief’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱéh₂dos
Proto-Hellenic *kā́dos
Ancient Greek κῆδος ‘care’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον
Today it means
noun An elegy; an ode to someone deceased.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον / epicede