English
melodic
Melodic comes from French mélodie ‘melody’, and goes back to Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμελῳδίᾱ
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmelodia‘melody’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmélodie‘melody’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmélodique
- Englishearliest quotation 1929melodic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμελῳδίᾱ
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmelodia‘melody’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmélodie‘melody’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmélodique
- Englishearliest quotation 1929melodic
Earliest quotation: 1929, Arthur Lourié, An Inquiry into Melody: “Debussy's melody is fractional, fragmentary. But at the core…”
Equivalent to melody + -ic
Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ ‘singing, chanting’
Latin melodia
Old French melodie
Middle English melodie ‘Melodiousness’
English melody
Every English word from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or having melody.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ / melodic